{"product_id":"weill-rise-and-fall-of-the-city-of-mahagonny","title":"Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny","description":"\u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=652076\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on standard DVD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Leocadia Begbick - Jane Henschel \u003cbr\u003e  Fatty \"the Bookkeeper\" - Donald Kaasch \u003cbr\u003e  Trinity Moses - Willard White \u003cbr\u003e  Jenny Smith - Measha Brueggergosman \u003cbr\u003e  Jim Maclntyre - Michael König \u003cbr\u003e  O’Brien\/Higgins - John Easterlin \u003cbr\u003e  Bank-Account Bill - Otto Katzameier \u003cbr\u003e  Alaska-Wolf Joe - Steven Humes\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado \u003cbr\u003e  Stage Direction : Alex Ollé, Carlus Padrissa – La Fura dels Baus\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The production by Alex Ollé and Carlus Padrissa, both of La Fura dels Baus, combines enormous inventiveness, joy and energy with awe-inspiring ferocity.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Perfect casting brings together a group of singers – Measha Brueggergosman, Michael König, Jane Henschel and Willard White – who are also marvellous actors.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Director: Andy Sommer \u003cbr\u003e  Length: 138 min \u003cbr\u003e  Subtitles: French \/ English \/ German \/ Spanish \u003cbr\u003e  Zones: All Zones - 1 disc\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BelAir Classiques","offers":[{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":49605884739864,"sku":"3760115304673","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1908357.jpg?v=1777811130","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/weill-rise-and-fall-of-the-city-of-mahagonny","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}