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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

BBC Radio 3
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by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht.
"Do it!" is the motto of the city of Mahagonny, and there's only one capital offence poverty. Sung in German.
Chorus of the Grand
Theatre, Geneva
Suisse Romande Orchestra conductor Jeffrey Tate

Contributors

Unknown:
Kurt Weill
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Widow Begbick:
Anne Howells (mezzo)
Fatty the bookkeeper:
Ragnar Ulfung (tenor)
Trinity Moses:
Harry Peeters (bass)
Jenny Smith:
Marie McLaughun (soprano)
Jim Mahoney:
Warren Ellsworth (tenor)
Jack O'Brien:
Andreas Jaggi (tenor)
Bank-account Bill:
Malcolm Walker (baritone)
Alaska-Wolf Joe:
Hans Sisa (bass)
Toby Higgins:
Gilles Ramade (tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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