The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny - 2011

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.

138min
2011
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10

Cast

Jane Henschel profile pictureJane HenschelLeocadia Begbick
Willard White profile pictureWillard WhiteTrinity Moses
Michael König profile pictureMichael KönigJim MacIntyre
John Easterlin profile pictureJohn EasterlinJack O'Brien / Tobby Higgins

About The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Overview

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.

Runtime: 138min

Extra details

Original Title: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Original Language: English
Directed By: Andy Sommer
Production Companies
Bel Air ClassiquesTeatro Real de Madrid