Name: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Start: 2010-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Teatro Real

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Mezzosopran

Jane Henschel

Witwe Leokadja Begbick

Tenor

Donald Kaasch

Der Prokurist

Bariton

Willard White

Dreieinigkeitmoses

Sopran

Measha Brueggergosman

Jenny Smith

Elzbieta Szmytka

Michael König

Jimmy Mahoney

Christopher Ventris

John Easterlin

Jacob Schmidt

Tobby Higgins

Otto Katzameier

Sparbüchsen Billy

Bass

Joe Steven Humes

Alaska Wolf Joe

Dirigat

Pablo Heras-Casado

Regie

La Fura dels Baus

Kostümbild

Lluc Castells

Bühnenbild

Alfons Flores

Teatro Real de Madrid

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Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

Madrid

Spanien

Teatro Real

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (German: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht.

A hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real de Madrid. Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and the inexorable industrialisation of a society in which the ultimate crime is not having money. In twenty scenes the authors tell the story of a city lost in the middle of a desert and run by three thugs; in Mahagonny food, sex, gambling and violence rule supreme. The production by Alex Ollé and Carlus Padrissa, both of La Fura dels Baus, combines enormous inventiveness, joy and energy with awe-inspiring ferocity. Perfect casting brings together a group of singers – Measha Brueggergosman, Michael König, Jane Henschel and Willard White – who are also marvellous actors. The Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus are directed by young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, who actually began his career at the Teatro Real. In November 2010, he received the “El Ojo Crítico” prize, awarded annually to Spain’s most outstanding artists in the classical music field.

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