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Show Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (20) Music Kurt Weill (341) Lyrics Bertolt Brecht (100) Book Bertolt Brecht (100)
Recording Details
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, Edinburgh Festival Chorus (2) , 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, Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Brindley Sherratt (3) — Alaska Wolf JoeNotes 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.
Shortcode [r13730]
Releases
Format 2-CD
Released 2008-09-20
Length 180:00
Lists 4 collectors / 8 wish lists
Shortcode [rl19602]
