Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Peter Zadek ? Denis Russell Davies - G. Jones ? C. Malfitano ? J. Hadley - Salzburg Festival 1997
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Actor: Catherine Malfitano, Cornelius Smith, Gwyneth Jones, Jerry Hadley, Wilbur PauleyDirector: Brian Large
Brand: JONES,GWYNETH
Cinematographer: Alex R?hmkorf-Zalodek
Cinematographer: Andreas Szentgy?rgyi
Cinematographer: Andreas Tremmel
Producer: Futaba Ueki
Producer: Heidelinde Rudy
Producer: Michael Heinzl
Writer: Bertolt Brecht
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 156 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-11-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Peter Zadek ? Denis Russell Davies - G. Jones ? C. Malfitano ? J. Hadley - Salzburg Festival 1997
Movie Review: ....for if the version with Teresa Stratas isn't released, I tell you we must die...
Summary: 5 Stars
Despite the obscenely socialist/existential "theology" behind "Mahagonny," still...it's my very favorite opera, even more entertaining than "Dialogues Of The Carmelites" or "Aida." And that w***ehouse piano solo at the very beginning of Act 15, still, thirty years after initially experiencing "Mahagonny," makes me completely STOP what I'm concurrently "doing" and just LISTEN. Kind of like "Gimme Shelter"..."Birdland"...or "Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay," for a couple of examples. I'll neither reiterate nor disagree with what any of my fellow reviwers have mentioned here - except I reckon I'll have to wait till Judgement Day or shortly thereafter to hear "Mahagonny" with Teresa Stratas as Jenny: the DEFINITIVE Jenny!
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Summary of Kurt Weill - The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny / Peter Zadek ? Denis Russell Davies - G. Jones ? C. Malfitano ? J. Hadley - Salzburg Festival 1997
A new production of the Kurt Weill/Bertolt Brecht opera that depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all of its ripe decadence. In this sumptuous Salzburg Festival production, Mahagonny is presented as a Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved elephants, commodified sex, and licensed gluttony. Starring Jerry Hadley, Gwyneth Jones, and Catherine Malfitano. 155 minutes, color, 1999, English subtitles. Cast: Gwyneth Jones: Leokadja Begbick
Roy Cornelius Smith: Fatty
Wilbur Pauley: Trinity Moses
Catherine Malfitano: Jenny Smith
Jerry Hadley: Jimmy Mahoney
Udo Holdorf: Jake Schmidt
Dale Duesing: Pennybank Bill
Harry Peeters; Alaska Wolf Joe
Toby Spence: Tobby Higgins
This 1998 Salzburg Festival production of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny does a difficult work proud, as Peter Zadek's staging makes the case for Kurt Weill's (and librettist-lyricist Bertolt Brecht's) epic dissection of consumerism and avarice as one of the most gripping 20th century operas. Soprano Catherine Malfitano, always a riveting singing actress, adds another memorable portrayal with her skillful portrait of Jenny, the whore with the heart of gold. Tenor Jerry Hadley embodies the role of our hero, Jimmy, admirably, and in a strong supporting cast, Gwyneth Jones and Roy Cornelius Smith are particularly outstanding. Conductor Dennis Russell Davies leads the Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna to new musical heights, while the designers and technicians make this a visually accomplished Mahagonny. Warning: there's ample female nudity in the brothel scene (though entirely in keeping with Weill and Brecht's conception). --Kevin Filipski
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