Mahagonny-Songspiel

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Event Mahagonny-Songspiel
Venue State Opera Studio, Netley, SA
Umbrella Event State OPera of South Australia 1999 Season
First Date 1999
Opening Date 1999
Last Date 1999
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Mahagonny is a short epic play which simply draws conclusions from the irresistible decline of our existing social classes. It is already turning towards a public which goes to the theatre naïvely and for fun.
Mahagonny-Songspiel, also known as The Little Mahagonny, is a "small-scale 'scenic cantata'" written by the composer Kurt Weill and the dramatist Bertolt Brecht in 1927. Weill was commissioned in the spring to write one of a series of very short operas for performance that summer, and he chose to use the opportunity to create a 'stylistic exercise' as preparation for a larger-scale pro
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Subjects Class Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Elisabeth Hauptmann Composer
Kurt Weill Composer
Bertolt Brecht Playwright
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality France
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web State Opera of South Australia Web Archive
Event Identifier 99997