Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny

Details

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. Sung in English with surtitles.

Cast/Performers

Anne Sofie von Otter (Leocadia Begbick), Peter Hoare (Fatty), Willard W White (Trinity Moses), Christine Rice (Jenny Smith), Kurt Streit (Jimmy McIntyre), Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Jack O'Brien), Darren Jeffrey (Bank Account Billy), Neal Davies (Alaska Wolf Joe), Hubert Francis (Toby Higgins), Anush Hovhannisyan, Lauren Fagan, Meeta Raval, Anna Burford, Harriet Williams, Stephanie Marshall

Creatives/Company

Music: Kurt Weill
Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht
Producer: Royal Opera House
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Director(s): John Fulljames, Arthur Pita (movement)
Design(s): Es Devlin, Finn Ross (video)
Costume: Christina Cunningham
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Translation: Jeremy Sams
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House