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Kurt Weill (Composer) | Bertolt Brecht (Librettist)

The Seven Deadly Sins

Ballet Chanté
Text by Bertolt Brecht
Edition: Performance material
Series: Die sieben Todsünden
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Description

The sisters Anna 1 and Anna 2 are sent on a seven-year journey to various North American cities by their family to earn money for ‘a small house near the Mississippi’. During their journey, they are tempted by the seven biblical deadly sins. Gradually, they give up their dreams and ideals eventually to return to Louisiana to their family, completely disillusioned.

Kurt Weill composed the ballet chanté Die sieben Todsünden, based on a text by Bertolt Brecht, in 1933 in his Paris exile. Premièred in the ballet version of Georges Balanchine at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 7 June 1933, it quickly became one of his best-known works. The music plays with popular American music styles of the twenties such as tango, foxtrot, polka or barbershop. Weill and Brecht perfectly ironize the petty bourgeois double standards of each society willing to sacrifice their values for the sake of financial gain.

Orchestral Cast

2 (auch Picc.) · 1 · 2 · 1 - 2 · 2 · 1 · 1 - 4 P. S. (Gong · Beck. · 3 Tomt. · gr. Tr.) (2 Spieler) - Banjo (auch Git.) · Hfe. · Klav. - Str.

Content

I Prolog
II Faulheit
III Stolz
IV Zorn
V Völlerei
VI Unzucht
VII Habsucht
VIII Neid
IX Epilog 

Cast

Anna I · Sopran - Anna II · Tänzerin - Die Familie: Tenor I, II, Bariton, Bass (die Mutter)
[Die transponierten Gesänge für tiefe Frauenstimme erschienen als Anhang zur Neuausgabe.]

More Information

Title:
The Seven Deadly Sins
Ballet Chanté
Text by Bertolt Brecht
English by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
New edition of the original version
Language:
German, English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1933
Duration:
35 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
June 7, 1933 · Paris (F)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
Costumes: Caspar Neher · Set design: Caspar Neher · Choreography: George Balanchine
Series:
Die sieben Todsünden
Keywords:
#ballet #bible #America #polka #satire #family #bertolt brecht #anger / rage / fury #USA #idleness #gluttony #fornication #envy #georges balanchine #foxtrott #barbershop #pride #greed #lust #sloth #moral double standards #capitalism #money #ostracized music #tango

Technical Details

Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 4213-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Manufacturer:
Schott Music GmbH & Co. KG
55116 Mainz
Germany

Persons

Kurt Weill (Composer)

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  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Jan Michael Horstmann
    Orchestra: Mittelsächsische Philharmonie
    July 9, 2013 | Freiberg (Germany) , Nikolaikirche
    19:30
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
    May 9, 2013 | New York, NY (United States of America) , Carnegie Hall
    19:30
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Leonard Slatkin
    May 7, 2013 | Detroit (United States of America) , Orchestra Hall
    19:00
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    May 5, 2013 | Portland, OR (United States of America) , Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    May 4, 2013 | Portland, OR (United States of America) , Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    May 3, 2013 | Seattle, WA (United States of America) , Benaroya Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Joël Doussard
    Orchestra: Ensemble Entre Sable et Ciel
    March 17, 2013 | Brest (France) , Auditorium du conservatoire
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Orquesta Nacional de España
    March 10, 2013 | Madrid (Spain) , Auditorio Nacional de Música
    11:30
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Orquesta Nacional de España
    March 9, 2013 | Madrid (Spain) , Auditorio Nacional de Música
    19:30
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Orquesta Nacional de España
    March 8, 2013 | Madrid (Spain) , Auditorio Nacional de Música
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  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: André de Ridder
    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra
    March 3, 2013 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Queen Elizabeth Hall
    19:30
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Kristiina Poska; Ralf Sochaczewsky, 22.11.2013
    February 26, 2013 | Berlin (Germany) , Komische Oper
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Sjaellands Symfoniorkester
    February 22, 2013 | København (Denmark) , Konservatoriets Koncertsal
    19.30 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Sjaellands Symfoniorkester
    February 21, 2013 | København (Denmark) , Hårlevhallen
    19.30 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Kristiina Poska; Ralf Sochaczewsky, 22.11.2013
    January 30, 2013 | Berlin (Germany) , Komische Oper
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    Conductor: Kristiina Poska; Ralf Sochaczewsky, 22.11.2013
    January 23, 2013 | Berlin (Germany) , Komische Oper
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  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Kristiina Poska; Ralf Sochaczewsky, 22.11.2013
    January 21, 2013 | Berlin (Germany) , Komische Oper — Revival
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  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: James Holmes
    Orchestra: Symphony Silicon Valley
    January 13, 2013 | San Jose, CA (United States of America) , California Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: James Holmes
    Orchestra: Symphony Silicon Valley
    January 12, 2013 | San Jose, CA (United States of America) , California Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    An Stelle von Heimat - Ballettabend von Steffen Fuchs
    Conductor: Leslie Suganandarajah
    December 13, 2012 | Koblenz (Germany) , Theater
    19:30
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