The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny backdrop cover

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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny(1998)

01/01/1998 (AT)Music2h 36m

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Movie Score

Overview

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.

Brian Large

Director