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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

- 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

Top Cast

  • Patti LuPone

    Patti LuPone

    Leocadia Begbick

  • Audra McDonald

    Audra McDonald

    Jenny Smith

  • Anthony Dean Griffey

    Anthony Dean Griffey

    Jimmy McIntyre

  • Robert Wörle

    Robert Wörle

    Fatty The Bookkeeper

  • Donnie Ray Albert

    Donnie Ray Albert

    Trinity Moses

  • John Easterlin

    John Easterlin

    Jack O'Brien

  • Mel Ulrich

    Mel Ulrich

    Book Account Bill

  • Natasha Flores

    Natasha Flores

    Maidens of Mahagonny

  • Priti Gandhi

    Priti Gandhi

    Maidens of Mahagonny

Overview

- 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

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