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Werk: Mahagonny Songspiel

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KomponistWeill, Kurt (1900-1950)
PeriodeFrühes 20. Jahrhundert
Jahr1927
GattungOper / Oratorium
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The Royal Opera's young artists excel in a Weill-Brecht double bill

As theatre, Isabelle Kettle's staging of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins is timelessly harrowing and bang up to date.
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