Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007)

Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera 1 4 March 2007 Welcome to Mahagonny where sin is in and love is always on sale This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzledazzle mecca for lust liberty and the pursuit of pleasure Cash is king poverty is punishable by death and anything worth doing is worth overdoing Director John Doyle melds his Tony Award winning talent with the lyrics of influential playwright Bertolt Brecht and an incomparable score by Kurt Weill The brilliant cast is led by superstars Audra McDonald as the tartwithaheart Jenny and Patti LuPone who portrays the towns feisty madam Audra McDonald Patti LuPone Anthony Dean Griffey Robert Wörle John Easterlin Mel Ulrich Directed for Stage by John Doyle Chorus and Orchestra of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon conductor