The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny [Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny]
- Release Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Genres
- Music
- Directed By
- Not Available
Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elephants, commodified sex and licensed gluttony. An opera in three acts, live from the Salzburger Festspiele, 1998. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies. Stage Director: Peter Zadek.
