The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
MovieTitle | Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny |
User score | 5 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1998 |
Genre | Music |
Director | Brian Large |
Production country | Austria |
Run time | 156 min. |
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.