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Genre/Form: | Filmed operas Nonfiction films |
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Material Type: | Videorecording |
Document Type: | Visual material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kurt Weill; Bertolt Brecht; Michael Feingold; Jane Henschel; Donald Kaasch; Willard White; Measha Brueggergosman; Michael König, (Tenor); Pablo Heras-Casado; Àlex Ollé; Carlus Padrissa; Alfons Flores; Lluc Castells; Urs Schönebaum; François Duplat; Andy Sommer; Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid. Coro.; Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid.; Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain),; Bel Air Media (Firm),; Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France),; Bel Air Classiques,; Fura dels Baus (Theater company) |
OCLC Number: | 766906338 |
Language Note: | Sung in English, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish. |
Notes: | Opera in 3 acts. Program notes and synopsis in English, French, German, and Spanish (19 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) in container. |
Credits: | Stage direction, Alex OlleÌ, Carlus Padrissa - La Fura dels Baus ; produit par François Duplat ; scenography, Alfons Flores ; costumes, Lluc Castells; lighting, Urs SchoÌnebaum ; produced by François Duplat ; reÌaliseÌ par/directed for video by Andy Sommer. |
Performer(s): | Jane Henschel (Leocadia Begbick) ; Donald Kaasch (Fatty the bookkeeper) ; Willard White (Trinity Moses) ; Measha Brueggergosman (Jenny Smith) ; Michael König (Jim McIntyre) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestre et chœur, Teatro Real Madrid, Orchestre symphonique de Madrid ; Pablo Heras-Casado, direction musicale/conductor. |
Event notes: | Recorded in performance, Sept. 2010. |
Description: | 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm) |
Details: | DVD-9; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9; filmed in HD; NTSC, region code, 0. |
Other Titles: | Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. |
Responsibility: | musique, Kurt Weill ; livret, Bertolt Brecht ; traduction anglaise, Michael Feingold ; une coproduction Teatro Real de Madrid, Bel Air Média, Mezzo. |
Abstract:
Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is 'in' and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle mecca for lust and the pursuit of pleasure, where cash is king and poverty is punishable by death.
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