| The Royal Opera - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Reviews | 19 April 2024 |
Kurt Streit (Jimmy), Christine Rice (Jenny)
Peter Hoare (Fatty), Willard White (Trinity Moses)
Neal Davies (Alaskawolfe Joe), Willard White (Trinity Moses)
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Anne Sofie Von Otter (Leocadia Begbick)
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Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 25 | |
As professional as you would expect from the Royal Opera House |
 8 Apr 15 / Opera Journal |
A fascinating, yet flawed work |
| 6 Apr 15 / Planet Hugill |
God save 'Amerika'! |
| 25 Mar 15 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Slick and energetic – but unsuited to the Royal Opera House |
| 20 Mar 15 / New Statesman |
John Fulljames’s new production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's satirical opera is bold and impactful |
| 20 Mar 15 / Classical-music.com |
Far too well behaved |
| 19 Mar 15 / The Spectator |
Worth it for Wigglesworth’s excellent musical direction |
| 18 Mar 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
At long last, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny has come to the Royal Opera House |
| 17 Mar 15 / Boulezian |
The star of Royal Opera’s Mahagonny is Es Devlin’s set |
| 16 Mar 15 / The Observer |
Brecht and Weill’s timeless fable of capitalist greed rises to a denouement of biblical grandeur |
| 14 Mar 15 / Financial Times |
Heady soundworld of Weill/Brecht’s Mahagonny recreated at Covent Garden |
| 13 Mar 15 / Seen and Heard |
This excellent production skillfully points up contemporary resonances |
| 12 Mar 15 / Evening Standard |
Toothless, docile and soporific |
| 12 Mar 15 / Telegraph |
It never gets the tone right |
| 12 Mar 15 / The Guardian |
The cast has all the components for a great production |
| 12 Mar 15 / Express |
Kurt Weill's operatic collaboration with Bertolt Brecht makes it to Covent Garden at last |
| 12 Mar 15 / What's on Stage |
The house has done it proud |
| 12 Mar 15 / Music OMH |
A sparky production by the Royal Opera House |
| 12 Mar 15 / Independent |
Operatic city Of sin comes to Covent Garden |
| 12 Mar 15 / Londonist |
Musically, it was very slick and sophisticated |
| 12 Mar 15 / Classical Source |
yet another new production in Bow Street entrusted to one of Holten’s homies that delivers nothing worth watching |
| 12 Mar 15 / Opera Britannia |
At long last, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny has come to the Royal Opera House. |
| 12 Mar 15 / Opera Today |
John Fulljames’ new staging of the Brecht/Weill opera cannot disguise the fact that the work itself is a period piece |
| 12 Mar 15 / The Stage |
A heaven of hell, a hell of heaven |
| 12 Mar 15 / Bachtrack |
London "Mahagonny" sticks to message - man is own worst enemy |
| 11 Mar 15 / Reuters |
associated articles [+]
Mahagonny: the opera that Hitler hated
Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny has had a troubled history. Rupert Christiansen wonders whether the Royal Opera House's new production can lift the curse.
Brecht and Weill's Mahagonny has had a troubled history. Rupert Christiansen wonders whether the Royal Opera House's new production can lift the curse.
When Brecht met Weill: a dazzling but doomed partnership
The time is right for Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s forgotten Weimar opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, to return to the stage.
The time is right for Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s forgotten Weimar opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, to return to the stage.
'With money you can be in a position to laugh at those in power"
Opera star Sir Willard White opens up about his role and the message of Royal Opera’s first staging of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Opera star Sir Willard White opens up about his role and the message of Royal Opera’s first staging of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Production details
Cast
von Otter, White, Hoare, Streit, Jeffrey, Davies, Rice, Francis, Lloyd-Roberts
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Fulljames
Performance dates
1, 4, 10, 12, 14, 24, 28(m) April 2015
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