GREAT PERFORMANCES' "Rise and Fall of The City of Mahagonny" from LA Opera
Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone, and Anthony Dean Griffey star in "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" from LA Opera, a new production of one of the great 20th century operas. Tune in to PBS' GREAT
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PERFORMANCES series (check local listings) for this savage and lyrical satire told in a blend of opera and raucous music hall songs. Tony Award-winner John Doyle ("Company") directs.
In this video clip, Audra McDonald sings the opera's best-known song, "Moon of Alabama."
For more information, visit www.pbs.org/gperf.
One of the longest-running performing arts anthologies on television, the award-winning GREAT PERFORMANCES series presents the best in music, dance, and theater. The series is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Arts, public television viewers, and PBS.
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