(2 February 2026) Monica Ferri’s review: Teatro Verdi, Trieste. *Mahagonny*, capitalism held up to the mirror.
For the first time at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste one of the rarest and most uncomfortable titles in twentieth-century musical theatre: The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, the couple’s masterpiece Kurt Weill – Bertolt Brecht, staged from January 30 to February 8. A work that, almost a century after its composition, still retains its original beauty. disturbing critical force and surprisingly topical, a point strongly emphasised by the direction of Henning Brockhaus, under the musical direction of Beatrice Venezi, At its debut on the title. The production is a co-production between the Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma and the Fondazione i Teatri di Reggio Emilia.
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(photo: Teatro Verdi Trieste – https://www.teatroverdi-trieste.com/en/spettacoli/aufstieg-und-fall-der-stadt-mahagonny/)