Mahagonny Songspiel

Mahagonny Songspiel (Mahagonny, ein Songspiel, or Mahagonny, a song-play), was written by composer Kurt Weill and dramatist Bertolt Brecht.

Original text

First performed with that title and description in 1927. Elisabeth Hauptmann contributed the words to two of its songs.

Performance history in South Africa

1982: Presented at the Baxter Theatre by UCT Opera School in a bill with He Who Says Yes and Down In The Valley.

Sources

Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987.

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