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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
One of the great operas of the past century is Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny." A scandal at its premiere in Leipzig in 1930, the piece was disdained by both the Nazis and the Communists and represented the beginning of the end of the famous collaboration between writer and composer.
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Houstonist (Free subscription) | 15/02/2008
::Cabaret Night with Kurt Weill:: Kurt Weill, the bad boy of early 20th century performance music, has not resurrected himself and come to Houston. However, Opera Vista will be putting on a cabaret of his music (hits from Three Penny Opera , Beggar's Opera , Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ) at Cafe Brasil this Saturday. The Brecht/Weill duo lives on! They focused their stories on the working...
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Sequenza21/ (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
Don't know what's happening on PBS in your town tonight, but here in the center of the universe, Channel 13 is bringing us Kurt Weill's brilliant (and somewhat depressing for the Christmas season) “The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.” Great cast includes Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone, John Doyle, and Anthony Dean Griffey. [...]
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Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
9 tonight Channel 12 Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" is a satirical tale of a town that was built for pleasure but not immune to pain. Audra McDonald (left), Anthony Dean Griffey (right) star.
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ART FOR A CHANGE (Free subscription) | 08/12/2007
The Opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, is a razor-edged critique of capitalism, and considered by many to be the greatest collaboration between music composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht. On March 4th, 2007, well over 3,000 people packed the Los Angeles Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to see the seventh and final performance of the L.A. Opera’s English-language production of,
