Welcome to the city of Mahagonny. Anything goes for those with enough cash. Those with criminal tendencies can feel right at home. As hedonists flock to wallow in drink, sex and gambling, Jenny the prostitute and Jimmy the lumberjack become lovers. But a failed wager leads them to a court which sets murderers free while the poor are sentenced to death.T522109793Sung in English with surtitles.Producer Royal Opera House. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Director John Fulljames. Design Es Devlin. Costume Christina Cunningham. Lighting Bruno Poet. Design Finn Ross (video). Director Arthur Pita (movement). Translation Jeremy Sams. Performer Anne Sofie von Otter (Leocadia Begbick). Performer Peter Hoare (Fatty). Performer Willard W White (Trinity Moses). Performer Christine Rice (Jenny Smith). Performer Kurt Streit (Jimmy McIntyre). Performer Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Jack O'Brien). Performer Darren Jeffrey (Bank Account Billy). Performer Neal Davies (Alaska Wolf Joe). Performer Hubert Francis (Toby Higgins). Performer Anush Hovhannisyan. Performer Lauren Fagan. Performer Meeta Raval. Performer Anna Burford. Performer Harriet Williams. Performer Stephanie Marshall. Company Royal Opera Chorus. Company Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. | |
| 10 Mar 15 to 4 Apr 15 | Royal Opera House, West End :: V377 listing details L02045690383 |
T848158433Concert performance sung in English. Opening the 2008 Edinburgh International Festival this tragi-comic satire melds elements of ragtime, blues, tango and foxtrot with orchestral textures and counterpoint. Kurt Weill is the consummate 20th century musician whose music straddles the worlds of cabaret, Hollywood and the concert hall. Run time approx. 3 hoursCorporate Sponsor Scottish and Newcastle. Translation Michael Feingold. Company Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Other Christopher Bell (Chorus Master). Company Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor HK Gruber. Performer Susan Bickley (Leokadja Begbick). Performer Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Fatty). Performer Willard White (Sir - Trinity Moses). Performer Giselle Allen (Jenny Hill). Performer Anthony Dean Griffey (Jimmy Mahoney). Performer Peter Hoare (Jack Smith / Toby Higgins). Performer Stephan Loges (Bill). Performer Brindley Sherratt (Joe). Performer Ladies of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (Girls of Mahogonny). | |
| 8 Aug 08 | Usher Hall, Edinburgh :: V0738357779 listing details L1762769250 |
