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| Composer | Weill, Kurt (1900-1950) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Librettist | Bertolt Brecht |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
Never has Brecht and Weill’s satire on the inhumanity of man to man been render with such utter darkness; Simon O’Neill heads up a superb cast.
“Auf nach Mahagonny" in Mannheim!
A modern Mahagonny rises and falls in Mannheim, brought to life by a great cast of singer-actors and a conductor (Benjamin Reiners) and orchestra who celebrate Weill's catchy score.
Mahagonny in Zurich: a tale of excess and depravity
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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When that shark bites: Brecht, Weill and the Nazis
Weimar-era Germany was fertile ground for radical artists like Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, but their mutual obsession with control proved too toxic for such a fragile partnership to last.
Sin City: Mahagonny lives
German conductor Markus Stenz talks Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht and the potency of their final collaboration in today’s political climate.