The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

5.0(3 votes)
1998
2h 36m
Music

Overview

Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elephants, commodified sex and licensed gluttony. An opera in three acts, live from the Salzburger Festspiele, 1998. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies. Stage Director: Peter Zadek.

Cast

Gwyneth Jones

Gwyneth Jones

Leokadja Begbick

Wilbur Pauley

Wilbur Pauley

Trinity Moses

Catherine Malfitano

Catherine Malfitano

Jenny Smith

Jerry Hadley

Jerry Hadley

Jimmy Mahoney

Udo Holdorf

Udo Holdorf

Jake Schmidt

Dale Duesing

Dale Duesing

Pennybank Bill

Harry Peeters

Harry Peeters

Alaska Wolf Joe

Toby Spence

Toby Spence

Tobby Higgins

Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies

Conductor

Directed by

Brian Large

Brian Large

Written by

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

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