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Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Henschel, White, Heras-Casado

Weill / Henschel / Brueggergosman / Heras-casado
Release Date: 11/15/2011 
Label:  Bel Air Classiques   Catalog #: 67  
Composer:  Kurt Weill
Performer:  Michael König,  Donald Kaasch,  Measha Brueggergosman,  Willard White,   ... 
Conductor:  Pablo Heras Casado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Trinity Moses - Willard White
Jenny Smith - Measha Brueggergosman
Jim Maclntyre - Michael König
O’Brien/Higgins - John Easterlin
Bank-Account Bill - Otto Katzameier
Alaska-Wolf Joe - Steven Humes

Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Stage Direction : Alex Ollé, Carlus Padrissa – La Fura dels Baus

A hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real de Madrid.
Read more /> Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capitalism and the inexorable industrialisation of a society in which the ultimate crime is not having money. In twenty scenes the authors tell the story of a city lost in the middle of a desert and run by three thugs; in Mahagonny food, sex, gambling and violence rule supreme.

The production by Alex Ollé and Carlus Padrissa, both of La Fura dels Baus, combines enormous inventiveness, joy and energy with awe-inspiring ferocity.

Perfect casting brings together a group of singers – Measha Brueggergosman, Michael König, Jane Henschel and Willard White – who are also marvellous actors.

The Teatro Real Orchestra and Chorus are directed by young Spanish conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, who actually began his career at the Teatro Real. In November 2010, he received the “El Ojo Crítico” prize, awarded annually to Spain’s most outstanding artists in the classical music field.

Director: Andy Sommer
Length: 138 min - Image: 16/9 NTSC
Audio: PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French / English / German / Spanish
Zones: All Zones - 1 disc
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1. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny by Kurt Weill
Performer:  Michael König (Tenor), Donald Kaasch (Tenor), Measha Brueggergosman (Voice),
Willard White (Bass), Jane Henschel (Mezzo Soprano), John Easterlin (Voice),
Otto Katzameier (Baritone), Steven Humes (Bass)
Conductor:  Pablo Heras Casado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Madrid Teatro Real Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; Berlin, Germany 

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