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Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Jane Henschel

Leokadja Begbick

Tenor

Donald Kaasch

Fatty der Prokurist

Baritone

Willard White

Trinity Moses

Soprano

Measha Brueggergosman

Jenny

Elzbieta Szmytka

Michael König

Jimmy Mahoney

Christopher Ventris

John Easterlin

Jack

Toby Higgins

Otto Katzameier

Bill

Bass

Joe Steven Humes

Conductor

Pablo Heras-Casado

Stage director

La Fura dels Baus

Costume designer

Lluc Castells

Set designer

Alfons Flores

Teatro Real de Madrid

English

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny -  (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny)

Madrid

Spain

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.

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny Weill

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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