Stage production

Mahagonny-Songspiel

Opening date: July 17, 1927
Comments: "The Little Mahagonny" is a "small-scale 'scenic cantata'" written Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht in 1927. It was based on five 'Mahagonny Songs', which had been published earlier in the year in Brecht's collection of poetry "Hauspostille". Two of the songs were English-language parodies written by Elisabeth Hauptmann: the "Alabama Song" and "Benares Song". She wrote at least half of the "Mahagonny-Songspiel", but was never credited. It was first produced at the new Deutsches Kammermusikfest in Baden-Baden. Brecht directed, Lotte Lenya played Jessie and the others in the cast were Irene Eden, Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel and Gerhard Pechner. The set-design was by Caspar Neher.

Title	Performer	Written by	Info
Alabama Song	Lotte Lenya & Irene Eden	Bertolt Brecht, Elisabeth Hauptmann, Franz Servatius Bruinier, Kurt Weill	Covered by (104 artists) Originally by (unknown)
Benares Song - There Is No Whisky in This Town	Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel & Gerhard Pechner	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	Covered by (8 artists)
Finale: Aber dieses ganze Mahagonny	Lotte Lenya, Irene Eden, Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel & Gerhard Pechner	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	Covered by (4 artists)
Mahagonnygesang Nr. 1 - Auf nach Mahagonny	Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel & Gerhard Pechner	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	Covered by (5 artists)
Mahagonnygesang Nr. 2 - Wer in Mahagonny blieb	Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel & Gerhard Pechner	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	Covered by (4 artists)
Mahagonnygesang Nr. 3 - An einem grauen Vormittag	Lotte Lenya, Irene Eden, Erik Wirl, Georg Ripperger, Karl Giebel & Gerhard Pechner	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	Covered by (5 artists)