The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1998)

1998-01-01 Austria 156 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Gwyneth Jones is Leokadja Begbick
Leokadja Begbick
Wilbur Pauley is Trinity Moses
Trinity Moses
Catherine Malfitano is Jenny Smith
Jerry Hadley is Jimmy Mahoney
Jimmy Mahoney
Udo Holdorf is Jake Schmidt
Jake Schmidt
Dale Duesing is Pennybank Bill
Pennybank Bill
Harry Peeters is Alaska Wolf Joe
Alaska Wolf Joe
Toby Spence is Tobby Higgins
Tobby Higgins

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