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Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny opera in three acts

Title
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny [videorecording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; book and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht ; co-produced by ORF/RM Associates/ORB/ARTE in association with the Salzburger Festspiele ; television director, Brian Large.
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Publication
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur : dist. by RM Associates, c1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Large, Brian.
  • Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
  • Davies, Dennis Russell.
  • Zadek, Peter, 1926-2009.
  • Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-
  • Malfitano, Catherine.
  • Hadley, Jerry.
  • Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien.
  • Österreichischer Rundfunk.
  • Reiner Moritz Associates.
  • Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg.
  • Association relative à la télévision européenne.
  • Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.
  • Kultur International Films.
  • Salzburger Festspiele (1998 : Salzburg, Austria)
Description
1 videocassette (160 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all of its ripe decadence. Mahagonny is presented as a Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elephants, commodified sex, and licensed gluttony.
Alternative Title
Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny
Subject
Credits (note)
  • Stage director, Peter Zadek.
Performer (note)
  • Gwyneth Jones (Leokadja Begbick) ; Caatherine Malfitano (Jenny Smith) ; Jerry Hadley (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Language (note)
  • Sung or spoken in German with English subtitles.
Call Number
*LVH 1573 (F)
ISBN
0769720781
OCLC
42948789
Author
Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Title
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny [videorecording] : opera in three acts / music by Kurt Weill ; book and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht ; co-produced by ORF/RM Associates/ORB/ARTE in association with the Salzburger Festspiele ; television director, Brian Large.
Imprint
West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur : dist. by RM Associates, c1998.
System Details
VHS.
Cast
Gwyneth Jones (Leokadja Begbick) ; Caatherine Malfitano (Jenny Smith) ; Jerry Hadley (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.
Credits
Stage director, Peter Zadek.
Language
Sung or spoken in German with English subtitles.
Added Author
Large, Brian. Director
Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny.
Davies, Dennis Russell. Conductor
Zadek, Peter, 1926-2009.
Jones, Gwyneth, 1936-
Malfitano, Catherine.
Hadley, Jerry.
Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien.
Österreichischer Rundfunk.
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg.
Association relative à la télévision européenne.
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor.
Kultur International Films.
Salzburger Festspiele (1998 : Salzburg, Austria)
Note
Title on container: Rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny
Research Call Number
*LVH 1573 (F) Container on file.
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