Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Synopsis of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

«Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny» is the opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht conducted by Pablo Heras-Casado, released on Blu-ray in 2011.

Opera in twenty scenes, a satire of capitalism: three crooks found Mahagonny in the middle of the desert, where gambling, sex, food and violence run rampant and having no money becomes the only crime.

Subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish. Recording at the Teatro Real in Madrid (2010) with staging by La Fura dels Baus. Duration: 138 minutes. Region code A, B, C.

Will appeal to admirers of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht and to fans of contemporary opera.