It’s silly to be prissy about a rule book when the author himself only half respected it. Besides, the notion of epic theatre is beginning to look superannuated and a good modern director will treat a ...

The Greek National Opera is now presenting Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s iconic opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, from 12 April 2024 and for a run of six performances, at the Stavros ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, who together created "The Threepenny Opera" and its hit song "Mack the Knife", intended their follow-up, "The Rise and ...

First performed in Leipzig in 1930, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a political-satirical opera that was banned in Germany after 1933 by the Third Reich. Regularly performed in the great ...

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht underwent many changes between 1929 and 1931 as it opened in various German cities. Nazis and other fanatics staged violent ...

Florentine Opera christened the newly renovated Uihlein Hall Friday evening by scattering litter across the stage. But wait a minute — I don't want you to think the Florentines don't clean up after ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Marxist playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, who together created "The Threepenny Opera" and its hit song "Mack the Knife", intended their follow-up, "The Rise and ...