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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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    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Clemens Jüngling
    Orchestra: MiR-Jugend-Orchester
    May 14, 2011 | Gelsenkirchen (Germany) , Musiktheater im Revier, Kleines Haus
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Paul Gemignani
    Orchestra: New York City Ballet Orchestra
    May 13, 2011 | New York, NY (United States of America) , David H. Koch Theater
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Paul Gemignani
    Orchestra: New York City Ballet Orchestra
    May 12, 2011 | New York, NY (United States of America) , David H. Koch Theater
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Paul Gemignani
    Orchestra: New York City Ballet Orchestra
    May 11, 2011 | New York, NY (United States of America) , David H. Koch Theater — First Night
    19.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Clemens Jüngling
    Orchestra: MiR-Jugend-Orchester
    May 10, 2011 | Gelsenkirchen (Germany) , Musiktheater im Revier, Kleines Haus
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: California State University East Bay Symphony Orchestra
    May 8, 2011 | Heyward, CA (United States of America) , California State University East Bay Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: California State University East Bay Symphony Orchestra
    May 7, 2011 | Heyward, CA (United States of America) , California State University East Bay Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: California State University East Bay Symphony Orchestra
    May 6, 2011 | Heyward, CA (United States of America) , California State University East Bay Theatre — First Night
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Clemens Jüngling
    Orchestra: MiR-Jugend-Orchester
    May 5, 2011 | Gelsenkirchen (Germany) , Musiktheater im Revier, Kleines Haus
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Clemens Jüngling
    Orchestra: MiR-Jugend-Orchester
    April 30, 2011 | Gelsenkirchen (Germany) , Musiktheater im Revier, Kleines Haus — First Night
    17.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Jean-Louis Forestier
    Orchestra: Orchestra of the 3rd cycle of the Gennevilliers conservatory
    April 29, 2011 | Gennevilliers (France)
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Zeven Zonden, Zeven Heerlijkheden
    April 21, 2011 | Tilburg (Netherlands) , Koepelhal
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Zeven Zonden, Zeven Heerlijkheden
    April 20, 2011 | Tilburg (Netherlands) , Koepelhal
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Edwin Outwater
    Orchestra: Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
    February 26, 2011 | Kitchener, ON (Canada) , Centre in the Square
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Edwin Outwater
    Orchestra: Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
    February 25, 2011 | Kitchener, ON (Canada) , Centre in the Square
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Edwin Outwater
    Orchestra: Kitchener Waterloo Symphony Orchestra
    February 24, 2011 | Guelph, ON (Canada) , River Run Centre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
    Orchestra: Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
    February 11, 2011 | Ljubljana (Slovenia) , Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
    Orchestra: Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
    February 10, 2011 | Ljubljana (Slovenia) , Cankarjev dom, Gallus Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Dirk Kaftan
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg
    February 8, 2011 | Gersthofen (Germany) , Stadthalle
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Dirk Kaftan
    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Augsburg
    February 7, 2011 | Gersthofen (Germany) , Stadthalle
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