Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny 16 years old

- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle mecca for lust, liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Cash is king, poverty is punishable by death, and anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Director John Doyle melds his Tony Award winning talent with the lyrics of influential playwright Bertolt Brecht and an incomparable score by Kurt Weill. The brilliant cast is led by superstars Audra McDonald, as the tart-with-a-heart `Jenny' and Patti LuPone, who portrays the town's feisty madam. Audra McDonald · Patti LuPone · Anthony Dean Griffey Robert Wörle · John Easterlin · Mel Ulrich Directed for Stage by John Doyle Chorus and Orchestra of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon, conductor

Credits

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Cast

Name Character
Patti LuPone She was 58, now 74 years old as Leocadia Begbick
Audra McDonald She was 37, now 53 years old as Jenny Smith

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Crew

Name Department
John Doyle as Director. He was 41 (now 58) years old Directing
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny poster
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (16 years)

  • Release day: Tuesday, December 18, 2007
  • Runtime: 133 minutes