Costanza Alegiani, Peppe Servillo vocals
Monday Orchestra 
Luca Missiti director

Music by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht

The original project Di cosa vive l’uomo? pays tribute to the legendary collaboration between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht that marked the history of 20th-century musical theatre. With solo voices by Costanza Alegiani and Peppe Servillo and accompaniment by the Monday Orchestra, the recital explores the encounter between music and words, irony and social criticism, poetry and disenchantment.

An event that celebrates the expressive power of Weill and Brecht and their ability to question the present. The protagonists of this precious musical project are singer and actor Peppe Servillo, leader of Avion Travel, and Costanza Alegiani, one of the most original voices of contemporary Italian jazz.
Thanks to their multifaceted experience, the two performers offer an intense and multifaceted interpretation of Kurt Weill's repertoire, restoring all its dramatic power and compelling relevance. The programme includes famous songs from Weill and Brecht's The Threepenny Opera, such as “Mackie Messer”, “Jenny dei Pirati” and the duet “Tango Ballade”. The Berlin atmosphere then gives way to Weill's American phase, with songs such as “Speak Low”, “Lost in the Stars” and “September Song”, which have become jazz standards. Thanks to Italian translations (by theatre figures such as Giorgio Strehler), the audience will be able to grasp the intensity of Brecht's lyrics, immersing themselves in stories of dreams, disillusionment and social struggle. A recital that combines music, theatre and poetry in a unique experience.