The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny > Edinburgh International Festival

Date: August 8, 2008
Type: Noncommercial Audio / Concert Cast
Method: Live
Language: English
Location: UK / Scotland / Glasgow
Translation: Michael Feingold (25)
Conductor: HK Gruber (8)
Orchestrations: Kurt Weill (341)
Performer: Giselle Allen (4) — Jenny Hill
Susan Bickley (6) — Leokadja Begbick
Hannah Gordon — Narrator
Anthony Dean Griffey (10) — Jimmy Mahoney
Peter Hoare (8) — Jack Smith, Toby Higgins
Ladies of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama — Girls of Mahagonny
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (2) — Fatty
Stephan Loges — Bankaccount Bill
Alan Opie (20) — Trinity Moses
Brindley Sherratt (3) — Alaska Wolf Joe
Edinburgh Festival Chorus (2), Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Notes: Recorded at the Usher Hall at the opening concert of the Edinburgh International Festival. Introduced by Donald McLeod who also talks to the conductor about the context of the piece and Weill and Brecht's influence on subsequent operatic developments. Original broadcast on September 20th, 2008 on BBC Radio 3.
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