Kurt Weill
02.03.1900—03.04.1950

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Kurt Weill
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny | opera in three acts

Work Details
Year of composition: 1927/1929
Subtitle: opera in three acts
Composer: Kurt Weill
Librettist: Bertolt Brecht
Parts: Leokadja Begbick, Mezzosopran / Fatty, Tenor / Dreieinigkeitsmoses, Bariton / Jenny Hill, Sopran / Jimmy Mahoney, Tenor / Jack O'Brien, Tenor / Bill, Bariton / Joe, Baß / Tobby Higgins, Tenor / 6 Mädchen und die Männer von Mahagonny
Choir: SATB
Instrumentation: 2 1 1 2 - 2 3 2 1 - s.sax, alto sax, t.sax, timp, perc, pno, bass guit, bjo, band, str - on stage: zith, pno, 3 vl
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+2ndpicc; on stage); 2nd flute (+1st picc; on stage); oboe; clarinet in B and A (+on stage); soprano saxophone in Bb (+bar.sax(Eb); 2ndcl(Bb); on stage); alto saxophone in Eb (+on stage); tenor saxophone in Bb (+on stage); 1st bassoon (+on stage); 2nd bassoon (+cbsn; on stage); 1st horn in F (+on stage); 2nd horn in F (+on stage); 1st trumpet in Bb (+on stage); 2nd trumpet in Bb (+on stage); 3rd trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone (+on stage); 2nd trombone (+on stage); bass tuba (+on stage); timpani; percussion (+on stage); bass guitar; banjo (+hawaii guit; on stage); bandoneon (+on stage); piano (+harm ad lib.); violin; viola; violoncello; double bass; on stage: zither; piano; 3 violins
Scenery: Bühnenbilder: Projektionen
Duration (min): 140
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World Première
Location: Leipzig / Germany
Date: 09.03.1930
Work Introduction

Kurt Weill wrote to UE in 1927, during his work on Mahagonny:

It is beyond question that at present a completely new kind of stage work is emerging, which addresses itself to a different and incomparably larger audience, and whose effect will proliferate in completely unaccustomed ways. This [...]

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