{"id":16880,"date":"2011-12-26T07:20:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T14:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16880"},"modified":"2011-12-26T07:23:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T14:23:43","slug":"israeli-opera-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-city-of-mahagonny-to-premiere-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=16880","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Opera: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny to Premiere in January"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli Opera production of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny\/Photo: Yossi Zwecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new production of The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny<\/em>, socially relevant in these turbulent times, will premiere at the Israeli Opera on January 12, 2012, directed by Omri Nitzan, conducted by Maestro David Stern with some performances conducted by Eithan Schmeisser. \u201cIn these times in Israel, when the political agenda has changed beyond recognition, the opera The Rise and Fall of the City Mahagonny is perhaps the most important cultural work that can be presented onstage,\u201d said director Omri Nitzan.<\/p>\n

An indictment of modern capitalist society, composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht, the opera was first performed in Leipzig on 9 March 1930. Banned by the Nazis in 1933, it was not to be performed again until the 1960s. The story begins with three fugitives who found a city based on pleasure and profit, and ends in death and destruction.<\/p>\n

There is a fusion of styles in the music, incorporating elements of jazz and rag-time, with two songs in English (the libretto is in German): Alabama Song<\/em> and Benares Song<\/em>. The nihilistic sensibility expressed in Alabama Song, and its captivating music has expressed the mood of several generations, and the song has been covered many times. Some of the best known covers are those of David Bowie:
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and The Doors:
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\nThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny will be performed from January 12, 2012 to January 29, 2012 at the Israeli Opera, 19 Shaul Hamelech Boulevard, Tel Aviv. Towards Opening – a preview presentation with the creators and some of the performers,with musical demonstrations from the opera will take place on January 7, 2012 at 11:00. Tickets may be ordered online<\/a>, or call: 03-692777.
\nConductor: David Stern
\nAssistant Conductor: Eithan Schmeisser
\nDirector: Omri Nitzan
\nSet Designer: Michael Kremenko
\nCostume Designers: Magali Gerberon
\nLighting Designer: Avi Yona Bueno (Bambi)
\nChoreographer: Javier de Frutos
\nVideo Design: Shay Bonder
\nMusic & Language Coach: Rainer Armbrust
\nRehearsal Pianists: Lena Gershuni, Sasha Ivanov, Maria Nikitin
\nSurtitles: David Sebba
\nCast:
\nBegbick: Tara Venditti
\nBegbick: Susannah Haberfeld
\nFatty: Alan Woodrow
\nFatty: Vicente Ombuena
\nTrinity Moses: Julien Tovey
\nTrinity Moses: Johannes von Duisburg
\nJenny: Neomi Nadelmann
\nJenny: Marisol Montalvo
\nJim Mahoney: John Uhlenhopp
\nJim Mahoney:\u00a0 Wolfgang Schwaninger
\nJack O’brain\/Tobby Higgins: Guy Manheim
\nBill: Noah Briger
\nJoe:\u00a0 Vladimir Braun
\nSix Girls:Efrat Ashkenazi, Alla Vasilevitsky, Yael Levita, Ayala Zimbler, Limor Ilan, Na’ama Goldman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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