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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Summary

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny authored Bertolt Brecht[3].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[4].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[5].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's composer is recorded as Kurt Weill[7].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's librettist is recorded as Bertolt Brecht[8].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's librettist is recorded as Elisabeth Hauptmann[9].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's librettist is recorded as Caspar Neher[10].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's Commons category is recorded as The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny[11].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's language of work or name is recorded as German[12].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny comprises Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act I[13].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny comprises Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act II[14].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny comprises Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act III[15].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny was released on 2000[16].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as An announcer[17].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Toby Higgins[18].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Leokadja Begbick[19].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Fatty the Bookkeeper[20].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Jenny Smith[21].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Jimmy Mahoney (Jimmy MacIntyre)[22].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Trinity Moses[23].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Joe[24].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Jacob Schmidt (Jack O'Brien)[25].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's characters is recorded as Bank-Account Billy[26].
  • Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny's date of first performance is recorded as March 9, 1930[27].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Opera[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 22d1483f-1794-4a99-8ab8-079b03821506[29]

Body

Works and Contributions

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny authored Bertolt Brecht[3].

Why It Matters

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ranks in the top 9% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (527 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill literary work

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Has part(s) → Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act I, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act II, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Act III
    Publication date → —
    Language of work or name → German
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