Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny
Political-satirical opera by Kurt Weill
The composer in 1932
Translation	Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Librettist	Bertolt Brecht
Language	German
Premiere	9 March 1930 (1930-03-09) Neues Theater, Leipzig

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (German: Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht. It was first performed on 9 March 1930 at the Neues Theater in Leipzig.

Some interpreters have viewed the play as a critique of American society. Others have perceived it as a critique of the chaotic and immoral Weimar Republic, particularly Berlin of the 1920s with its rampant prostitution, unstable government, political corruption, and economic crises.^{[1] [unreliable source?]}