Hanna Schygulla, muse to Rainer Werner Fassbinder and diva of new German cinema, returns to Rome in the guise of cabaret artist to consolidate the success of last season’s university concert. This time her repertoire is strictly Bertolt Brecht, performing classics from ‘The Threepenny Opera’ (expect a rousing Pirate Jenny), ‘Happy End’ (with the driving, haunting ‘Surabaya Johnny’) and the later ‘Kuhle Wampe’. Music is, of course, by Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, while Matthieu Gonet provides piano accompaniment.
