Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Los Angeles Opera)

Plot

The Los Angeles Opera mounted this stage production of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahoganny (AKA Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny), translated by Michael Feingold and starring Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Anthony Dean Griffey and Robert Wörle. John Doyle directs; the Orchestra and Chorus of the Los Angeles Opera, under the leadership of maestro James Conlon, provide musical accompaniment. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Cast

• Audra McDonald - Jenny Smith
• Patti LuPone - Leocadia Begbick
• Anthony Dean Griffey - Jimmy McIntyre

Robert Wörle - Fatty the Bookkeeper; Donnie Ray Albert - Trinity Moses; John Easterlin - Jack O'Brien; Mel Ulrich - Bank Account Bill; Steven Humes - Alaska Wolf Joe

Credit

James Conlon - Conductor, Ann Hould-ward - Costume Designer, Thomas C. Hase - Lighting, Mark Bailey - Set Designer, Dan Moses Schreier - Sound/Sound Designer, Kurt Weill - From Opera by, William Vendice - Chorus Master, John Doyle - Stage Director

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