Performance

Venue	Usher Hall
Town	Edinburgh
County	Edinburgh
From	8th August 2008
To	8th August 2008
When	19:00
Prices	From £10.00.
Usher Hall (V0738357779)
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Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny

Work:: Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny (S1395368507)

Welcome to the city of Mahagonny. Anything goes for those with enough cash. Those with criminal tendencies can feel right at home. As hedonists flock to wallow in drink, sex and gambling, Jenny the prostitute and Jimmy the lumberjack become lovers. But a failed wager leads them to a court which sets murderers free while the poor are sentenced to death.

Music	Kurt Weill
Lyrics	Bertolt Brecht

Production:: (T848158433)

Concert performance sung in English. Opening the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival this tragi-comic satire melds elements of ragtime, blues, tango and foxtrot with orchestral textures and counterpoint. Kurt Weill is the consummate 20th century musician whose music straddles the worlds of cabaret, Hollywood and the concert hall. Run time approx. 3 hours

Corporate Sponsor	Scottish and Newcastle
Translation	Michael Feingold
Company	Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Other	Christopher Bell (Chorus Master)
Company	Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor	HK Gruber
Performer	Susan Bickley (Leokadja Begbick)
Performer	Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Fatty)
Performer	Willard White (Sir - Trinity Moses)
Performer	Giselle Allen (Jenny Hill)
Performer	Anthony Dean Griffey (Jimmy Mahoney)
Performer	Peter Hoare (Jack Smith / Toby Higgins)
Performer	Stephan Loges (Bill)
Performer	Brindley Sherratt (Joe)
Performer	Ladies of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Girls of Mahogonny)

Listing:: L1762769250

Edinburgh International Festival 08

Production details

Concert performance sung in English. Opening the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival this tragi-comic satire melds elements of ragtime, blues, tango and foxtrot with orchestral textures and counterpoint. Kurt Weill is the consummate 20th century musician whose music straddles the worlds of cabaret, Hollywood and the concert hall. Run time approx. 3 hours Edinburgh International Festival 08

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