Love Life

Kurt Weill

16 - 18 January 2025

Dates

In 1948 – the year of Love Life’s Broadway premiere – husband and wife Sam and Susan Cooper try to recall a time when their marriage was happy.

They reckon it was in 1790… The show then follows the ups and downs of the Coopers’ family life through 150 turbulent years of American history – during which they do not age – to paint the portrait of a marriage and of a nation.

Kurt Weill collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (of My Fair Lady fame) to create a Broadway musical that was way ahead of its time, anticipating the later innovations in form and content of Stephen Sondheim. But Weill also pays loving tribute to the traditions of American popular music – especially vaudeville – in a score full of hummable show tunes and dazzlingly inventive orchestration.

A hit on Broadway when it opened – the New York Daily Mirror called it “superlative entertainment – a song and dance show with great heart” – it has never been given a definitive recording. That will be set right when these special Opera North performances are recorded in collaboration with the Kurt Weill Foundation. Don’t miss a unique opportunity to catch this important, influential, brilliantly entertaining show.

Price

From £16*

Venue
  • Leeds Grand Theatre

Running time
Approximately 3 hours

Language
Sung in English with English subtitles

Buy your programme in advance
Digital (£4) or printed (£6+£2.50 postage)

Find the best tickets for you
Multibuy packages
£20 new to opera tickets
£10 for under 30s and children
Free for 16-20s in Leeds
Group and schools discounts

*Prices vary by venue. Booking fees may apply.

Bite to eat before the show?

Kino’s seasonal pre-theatre menu is a little bit French, a lot British, and Yorkshire through and through. Think classic dishes reimagined, made from scratch by our award-winning chefs using the best local and wild produce. Sit back and relax as we make sure you have a pre-show meal to remember!

Cast & creative

Quirijn de Lang

Sam Cooper

Stephanie Corley

Susan Cooper

A smiling man with short hair.
Justin Hopkins

Hobo

James Holmes

Conductor

Matthew Eberhardt

Director

A woman with grey wavy hair.
Zahra Mansouri

Set & Costume Designer

A man with curly hair.
Will Tuckett

Choreographer

Howard Hudson

Lighting Designer

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