
NEW PRODUCTION FOR DNO
Dates
6-27 Sep 2023
Location
Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Main Stage
Running time
TBA
Tickets
From € 28

From consumer paradise to hell on earth
A place where anything goes – as long as you pay. That is the new city of Mahagonny, founded by three criminals on the run. Together, they fleece its new citizens by making them pay through the nose for a real consumer paradise. But this world of cravings, sex and alcohol soon turns into a veritable hell.
Photo: Marta Syrko
Start of ticket sales
General ticket sales for Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny start on 9 May 2023 at 12.00 midday. Want to make sure you don’t miss this moment? Then sign up for the ticket alert, and we’ll send you a reminder as soon as ticket sales begin.
Performance information
Opera in three acts
Sung in German
Libretto Bertolt Brecht
Musical direction Markus Stenz
Stage direction Ivo van Hove
Set and lighting design Jan Versweyveld
Costume design An D’Huys
Video Tal Yarden
Dramaturgy Koen Tachelet
Leokadja Begbick Evelyn Herlitzius
Fatty Alan Oke
Dreieinigkeitsmoses Thomas Johannes Mayer
Jenny Hill Lauren Michelle
Jim Mahoney Nikolai Schukoff
Jack O’Brien/Tobby Higgins Iain Milne
Bill Martin Mkhize
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master Ad Broeksteeg
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Coproduction with Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, The Metropolitan Opera, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
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General ticket sales start on 9 May 2023 at 12.00 midday.

Director Ivo van Hove on Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Director Ivo van Hove on Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny

Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
The Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and Netherlands Chamber Orchestra have been the main orchestral partners of Dutch National Opera for over thirty years. They are regarded as among the best opera orchestras in the world. The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is the main regular stage for their concerts.
Photo: Melle Meivogel

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