Kurt Weill
Oct. 22, 7:30 PM
Brecht Fest, a screening of Weill/Brecht's opera THE RISE AND FALL OF MAHAGONNY
The Brecht Forum
451 West St. (Bt Bank & Bethune)
(212) 242- 4201
(1,2,3 A,C,E to 14th st. 14A and 14D buses to Abingdon Square/12th St L to 8th Ave @14th st. F,V to 14th St. B,D,Q to W. 4th)
Sliding scale $10/$15/$25
We will screen a video of 1998 Salzburg Festival production of the Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht opera that 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. Starring Jerry Hadley, Gwyneth Jones, and Catherine Malfitano.(155 minutes, color, 1999, English subtitles.)
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