The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Music
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.
1998-01-01
de
Cast
Director
Brian Large
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