Event listing: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) | Opernhaus | Event is in the past

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OpernhausSechseläutenplatz 1, Zurich, Zürich, 8008, Switzerland

Dates/times in Zurich time zone

Programme

Weill, Kurt (1900-1950)

Performers

Zurich Opera
Fabio Luisi	Conductor
Sebastian Baumgarten	Director
Barbara Ehnes	Set Designer
Joki Tewes	Costume Designer
Philharmonia Zürich
Zurich Opera Chorus
Karita Mattila	Soprano	Leokadia Begbick
Annette Dasch	Soprano	Jenny Smith
Christopher Purves	Baritone	Trinity Moses
Michael Laurenz	Tenor	Fatty
Iain Milne	Tenor	Jacky O'Brien
Christopher Ventris	Tenor	Jimmy Mahoney
Jonathan Abernethy	Tenor	Tobby Higgins
Cheyne Davidson	Baritone	Billy
Ruben Drole	Baritone	Joe

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Sin City: Mahagonny lives

Timmy Fisher, 10th October

German conductor Markus Stenz talks Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht and the potency of their final collaboration in today’s political climate.

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Mahagonny in Zurich: a tale of excess and depravity

Sarah Batschelet, 5th November

The backstory doesn’t bode well: three fugitive criminals decide to found a city that will pander to society’s most vital needs: food, sex, warfare, and alcohol.

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