The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is an opera by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. The story concerns a city, Mahagonny, that is centered around whiskey, women, and money. There are two pictures below. One is of the city in full-swing, with women being bartered over. The other is of the city after a major hurricane.






You can listen to the recording of the opera here. You can read more about the opera here.

L'Orfeo

L'Orfeo is a retelling of the classic story of Orpheus, and is one of the earliest known operas. The scene below is the hallmark of the story - Orpheus leading Euridice out of the Underworld, not (yet) looking back.




You can learn more about the opera here.

You can listen to the recording here.