In the newly founded town of Mahagonny, you can gamble and drink without restriction: you can do anything as long as you pay for it. But doom is not long in coming.
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill created an avant-garde opera with revue-like elements, a parable on the absurdity of capitalism that is still relevant today.
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill created an avant-garde opera with revue-like elements, a parable on the absurdity of capitalism that is still relevant today.
Opera in three acts by Kurt Weill. Libretto by Bertolt Brecht
22.2.2025, 7.30 pm
2.3.2025, 15.00
Location: martini Park
With Kate Allen, Haozhou Hu a.G., Avtandil Kaspeli, Sally du Randt, Opernchor des Staatstheaters / Augsburger Philharmoniker Mirko Roschkowski a.G., Wiard Witholt, Shin Yeo / Musical direction: Ivan Demidov / Production: Jochen Biganzoli / Stage: Wolf Gutjahr / Costumes: Katharina Weissenborn / Video: Jana Schatz / Lighting: Dominik Scharbow / Dramaturgy: Sophie Walz / Rehearsal of the choirs: Katsiaryna Ihnatsyeva-Cadek
Contribution of the Staatstheater Augsburg to the Brecht Festival
Performance rights Universal Edition
Performance rights Universal Edition
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