Written by Fiona Maclean February 17, 2026 In the hedonistic city of Mahagonny, almost everything is allowed. Eating, sex, fighting and getting drunk are celebrated. But everything has its price. A designer town, built from scratch by three criminals on the run from justice, seems like an implausible starting point, yet the city grows quickly...
Written by Barry Millington February 20, 2026 The eponymous fake utopia in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is created because a discontented, disenfranchised populace finds “no harmony, no contentment”. Mahagonny is a promised land with beer and sex apparently freely on tap, a place where you...
Written by Ben Jureidini February 11, 2026 Danielle de Niese was ‘opera’s coolest soprano' way back in 2008; from Carmen to Call Me By Your Name , she's constantly adapting with the times When you are one of the most famous opera singers in the world, even London ’s most loved restaurants can be out...
Written by The Violin Channel December 11, 2025 Written with librettist Gene Scheer, the new work will celebrate the pioneers of California wine tasting Festival Napa Valley announced the commissioning and world premiere of a new one-act opera by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer , titled "The Judgment of Paris." The work will...
Written by David Salazar January 16, 2026 The English National Opera is set to present “ Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny” this February at the London Coliseum. The new production will be conducted by André de Ridder in his debut as Music Director Designate. The production is by Jamie Manton, who previously...
