The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

156 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1998

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.

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

156 mins | Music | Jan. 1, 1998

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
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.
Producers
Original title Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Directors Brian Large
Writers Bertolt Brecht

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

Harry Peeters

as Alaska Wolf Joe

Toby Spence

as Tobby Higgins

Dennis Russell Davies

as Conductor