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Show KGSU to air Weill opera this Saturday "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" was the first of several successful suc-cessful collaborations between Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, among them "The Threepenny Opera." Originally produced as a "song play" in six scenes, they later expanded the score and libretto. . The opera as it is now known had its first performance in Leipzig, Germany, in 1930. "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" was presented for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera last season. KGSU-FM is located at 90.1 Megahertz on the radio dial. The station is operated by students in SUSC communications classes. Kurt Weill's "Rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny" will be heard in a live broadcast Saturday afternoon over KGSU-FM, the Southern Utah State College radio station. The broadcast will begin at noon. James Levine will conduct the opera. Teresa Stratas will be heard as Jenny, Lili Chookasian as Begbick, Richard Cassilly as Jim Mahoney, Ragnar Ulfung as Fatty, Paul Plishka as Alaska Wolf Joe and Michael Best as Toby Higgins. There will be two intermissions. in-termissions. During the first, William Livingstone will present a musical and dramatic analysis of the opera. Texaco's "Opera Quiz" will return for the second intermission in-termission with Edward Downes as quizmaster. |