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Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny

March 6, 7, 8
at 8 p.m.

March 9
at 3 p.m.

Reynolds Performing Arts Center

Composed by Kurt Weill, Libretto by Bertolt Brecht
Musical Direction by Jonathan Shames, OU Opera Artistic Director
Directed by Nicole Kenley-Miller


In their second full-length satirical opera collaboration, Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht create an apocalyptic world. Three fugitives break down in the middle of No-Man's Land, USA, and decide to start their own city, populated by fortune seekers, prostitutes, and shady dealers. Power, greed, and vice permeate their new society, ultimately leading to its destruction. Performed in English.

This production contains adult themes and violence.

Rise & Fall of the City of Mahagonny Program (PDF)

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Ticket Prices

Advance Purchase, Adult: $33
Advance Purchase, OU Employee, Military, Seniors: $28
Advance Purchase, OU Student: $14
At the Door: Adult $45, Student $15 (with ID)
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