The Brecht Yearbook / Das Brecht-Jahrbuch, Volume 29: Mahagonny.com

Brecht Yearbook

by International Brecht Society, Marc Silberman (Editor), Florian Vaßen (Editor)

One of the most radical, controversial works ever created by playwright Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, the opera The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a devastating critique of capitalism. This volume includes twenty-nine essays in English and German that address Mahagonny from multiple context, text, utopia, music, and the continuing influence of this opera more than three quarters of a century after its creation. The volume also contains original material by Brecht and an essay on Brecht in India.

Distributed for the International Brecht Society
ISSN 0734-8665

462 pages, Paperback

First published December 9, 2004