Kurt Weill: Street Scene
The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.
Where to Watch
Availability: United States
No regional provider information is available for United States.
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch.
Top Cast
Janice Cairns
Anna Maurrant
Lesley Garrett
Rose Maurrant
Kevin Anderson
Sam Kaplan
Mark Richardson
Frank Maurrant
Daniel Ison
Willie Maurrant
Terry Jenkins
Abraham Kaplan
Richard Halton
Harry Easter
Keel Watson
Henry Davis
Philip Gould
Dick McGann
Caroline O'Connor
Mae Jones
Anthony Mee
Lippo Fiorentino
Christine Bunning
Greta Fiorentino
Meriel Dickinson
Emma Jones
Shelagh Squires
Olga Olsen
Harry Nicoll
Daniel Buchanan
Yvette Bonner
Jennie Hildebrand
Crew
Directors
More Like This
Make Your Move
2013 · ★ 5.8
Suburbia
1984 · ★ 6.7
Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem
2026 · ★ 8.3
Wild Style
1982 · ★ 6.1
Cadillac Records
2008 · ★ 7.1
Band Aid
2017 · ★ 6.3
Battle of the Year
2013 · ★ 6.8
Coyote Ugly
2000 · ★ 6.3
Star!
1968 · ★ 6.9
Coda
2020 · ★ 6.1
High Strung Free Dance
2018 · ★ 7.3
Honeydripper
2007 · ★ 5.9
Mo' Better Blues
1990 · ★ 6.5
The Mambo Kings
1992 · ★ 6.4
Too Late Blues
1961 · ★ 6.4
The Big Store
1941 · ★ 6.3
Taurus
2022 · ★ 5.8
The Work of Director Michel Gondry
2003 · ★ 8.5
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
2018 · ★ 6.9
Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M
1999 · ★ 8.7
More from This Director
Turnage: Blood on the Floor
2006
Beethoven: Triple Concerto And Choral Fantasy
1995
The Fire and the Rose
1990 · ★ 10.0
Carmen by Georges Bizet
1991 · ★ 9.0
Handel: Messiah the 250th Anniversary Performance
1992
Ruddigore
1982 · ★ 10.0
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America
1992
Peter Grimes
1994 · ★ 10.0
The More We Are Together
1969
But Still We Sing
1979
Berlioz Rediscovered: Symphonie Fantastique & Messe Solennelle
2002
Hans Werner Henze: Memoirs of an Outsider
Billy Budd
1988
The Callas Conversations
1968
The Miraculous Circumstance: Bartok, Folklorist
1983 · ★ 3.0