The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1998)

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.

Top Cast

Gwyneth Jones

Leokadja Begbick

Wilbur Pauley

Trinity Moses

Catherine Malfitano

Jenny Smith

Jerry Hadley

Jimmy Mahoney

Udo Holdorf

Jake Schmidt

Dale Duesing

Pennybank Bill