Lotte Lenya sings “Pirate Jenny,” from Marc Blitzstein’s English-language adaptation of the Brecht-Weill Threepenny Opera. This performance was telecast on the BBC in 1962. Lenya created the role of Jenny in the original 1928 production of Die Dreigroschenoper::
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)