The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
- Movies
- 1998-01-01
- DE
- Released
- 3h 36m
- Music
Storyline
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.