Music · Austria · 1998 · 2h 36m

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

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Director
Brian Large
Cast
Gwyneth Jones as Leokadja Begbick Wilbur Pauley as Trinity Moses Catherine Malfitano as Jenny Smith Jerry Hadley as Jimmy Mahoney Udo Holdorf as Jake Schmidt Dale Duesing as Pennybank Bill
Crew
Kurt Weill — Original Music Composer Bertolt Brecht — Writer
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Brian Large Director Kurt Weill Original Music Composer Bertolt Brecht Writer
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