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{{quote|''Why, though, did we need a Mahagonny?
''Because this world is a foul one
''With neither charity
''Nor peace nor concord,
''Because there's nothing to build any trust upon.''|from the translation by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallmann}}
A satirical, somewhat minimalist anti-Nazi opera by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]] (authors of ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''). ''Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny'' (''The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'') was first performed in 1930, though a concept version, ''Mahagonny-Songspiel'', had been presented three years earlier.
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''Mahagonny'' is referenced throughout [[Lars von Trier]]'s ''[[Dogville|Manderlay]]''. It's also one of [[Danny Elfman]]'s favourite musical scores. With ''Mahagonny'', Brecht and Weill ended up ''heavily'' influencing [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s works, both in style and structure.
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]]: the protagonist is called Jimmy Mahonney, pronounced MAH-Honee, so some American versions, to keep it along the music, rename him Jimmy MacIntyre. (The original Irish pronunciation is indeed MAH-honee, even though the usual American one is Ma-HOH-nee)
* [[Americans Are Cowboys]]: When this was first produced, a production note specifically insisted "Wildwest- und Cowboy-Romantik" was to be averted.
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