Famous People with Name Lenya

Lotte Lenya            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Lotte Lenya: was an Austrian singer and actress. She is best remembered for performance as Jenny in Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.In 1922 Lenya was seen by her future husband, the German composer Kurt Weill during an audition for his first stage score Zaubernacht, but because of his position behind the piano, she did not see him. She was cast, but owing to her loyalty to her voice teacher who was not, she declined the role. She accepted the part of Jenny in the first performance of The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) in 1928 and the part became her breakthrough role. During the last years of the Weimar Republic, she was busy in film and theatre, and especially in Brecht-Weill plays. She also made several recordings of Weils