Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and the inexorable industrialization of a society in which the ultimate crime is not having money
Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and the inexorable industrialization of a society in which the ultimate crime is not having money
Nikolai Schukoff
Jim Mahoney
Karita Mattila
Leokadja Begbick
Alan Oke
Fatty the Bookkeeper
Willard White
Trinity Moses
Sean Panikkar
Jack O'Brien
Thomas Oliemans
Bank-Account Billy
Kristina Bitenc
Daughter of Mahagonny
Cathy-Di Zhang
Daughter of Mahagonny
Thembinkosi Magagula
Daughter of Mahagonny
Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and the inexorable industrialization of a society in which the ultimate crime is not having money
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