The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Name: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Genre: Music
Released: 1998
Duration: 156 min
Cast: Gwyneth Jones, Wilbur Pauley, Catherine Malfitano, Jerry Hadley, Udo Holdorf

1998

2h 36min

Music

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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.