The Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus presents Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Teatro Real de Madrid. In this mordant satire by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, not having money is the ultimate criminal. In twenty scenes, the authors relate the narrative of Mahagonny, a city governed by three thugs where food, sex, gambling, and violence reign supreme.
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The Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus presents Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny at the Teatro Real de Madrid. In this mordant satire by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, not having money is the ultimate criminal. In twenty scenes, the authors relate the narrative of Mahagonny, a city governed by three thugs where food, sex, gambling, and violence reign supreme.
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