Soprano Karyn Levitt to Reprise WILL THERE STILL BE SINGING? at The Metropolitan Room

After the tremendous success of the program at the Brecht Haus in Berlin last March, Karyn Levitt and her pianist Eric Ostling have decided to reprise it at the Metropolitan Room.

This show will be the next in a series of performances in New York City, which included the premiere at the famous Café Sabarsky at the Neue Galerie.

With its stirring songs, the show takes you back to last century's Europe, its oppressive yet vibrant political times and through the life of Hanns Eisler, Brecht's favorite collaborator, Schoenberg's best student and Kurt Weill's contemporary.

Karyn Levitt is THE performer of the English Eisler/Brecht repertoire of our time. Her close working relationship with her mentor, Brecht translator and friend Eric Bentley gives her the opportunity to consult with a contemporary witness and the source of the acclaimed translations to excite the next generation with Hanns Eisler's music and Bertolt Brecht's lyrics. Eric Bentley lives in New York and will celebrate his 101st birthday this year.

She also recorded the repertoire on her acclaimed CD Eric Bentley's Brecht-Eisler Song Book.

"A highly successful new release... by Karyn Levitt, Eric Ostling, Brecht, Eisler and Eric Bentley - it comes with a warm recommendation, not only to English-speaking audiences." - Peter Deeg, International Hanns Eisler Society, Berlin

Karyn Levitt's future plans include Songs for Mother Courage with music by Darius Milhaud and words by Bertolt Brecht in English versions by Eric Bentley. A program which was only once performed by her in the world premiere at the Centennial Tribute to Eric Bentley at New York's Town Hall in 2016.

For more information, visit www.karynlevitt.com or go to www.royalroadproductions.com.

IF YOU GO:

Karyn Levitt
Will There Still Be Singing? A Hanns Eisler Cabaret
Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 7 pm
At The Metropolitan Room, 34 W 22nd St, New York, NYC 10010
Tickets: metropolitanroom.com