The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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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.

Country:

Austria

Genre:

Music

Duration:

156 minutes

Year:

1998

Director:

Brian Large

Cast:
Gwyneth Jones

Leokadja Begbick

Wilbur Pauley

Trinity Moses

Catherine Malfitano

Jenny Smith

Jerry Hadley

Jimmy Mahoney

Udo Holdorf

Jake Schmidt

Crew:
Brian Large

Director

Bertolt Brecht

Writer

Kurt Weill

Original Music Composer

Kurt Weill

Songs

Bertolt Brecht

Lyricist