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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: Judith Kubitz
    February 14, 2009 | Fürth (Germany) , Stadttheater
    19.30 Uhr
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    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Judith Kubitz
    February 13, 2009 | Fürth (Germany) , Stadttheater — First Night
    19.30 Uhr
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    "The Seven Deadly Sins"
    Conductor: Daniel Capps
    February 6, 2009 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Opera House
    19.30 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    "The Seven Deadly Sins"
    Conductor: Daniel Capps
    January 31, 2009 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Opera House — Revival
    14.00 h & 19.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: HK Gruber
    Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    January 2, 2009 | Essen (Germany) , Philharmonie, Alfried Krupp Saal
    20.00 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: HK Gruber
    Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    December 31, 2008 | Köln (Germany) , Kölner Philharmonie
    18.00 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Internationales Tanzfestival NRW 2008
    Conductor: Jan Horstmann
    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
    November 30, 2008 | Wuppertal (Germany) , Schauspielhaus
    19.30 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Internationales Tanzfestival NRW 2008
    Conductor: Jan Horstmann
    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
    November 29, 2008 | Wuppertal (Germany) , Schauspielhaus
    19.30 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Internationales Tanzfestival NRW 2008
    Conductor: Jan Horstmann
    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
    November 28, 2008 | Wuppertal (Germany) , Schauspielhaus
    19.30 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: Orchester Initiative Witten
    November 16, 2008 | Witten (Germany) , Saalbau
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: Orchester Initiative Witten
    November 15, 2008 | Hattingen (Germany) , Henrichshütte
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra
    November 14, 2008 | Beirut (Lebanon)
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Andrea Quinn
    Orchestra: Symfoniorkestern vid NorrlandsOperan
    October 23, 2008 | Umeå (Sweden) , Norrlandsoperan
    19.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Peter Oundjian
    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    October 4, 2008 | New York, NY (United States of America) , Carnegie Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Peter Oundjian
    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    October 2, 2008 | Toronto, ON (Canada) , Roy Thomson Hall
  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: Peter Oundjian
    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    October 1, 2008 | Toronto, ON (Canada) , Roy Thomson Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Sacrum Profanum Festival 2008
    Conductor: Marc Minkowski
    Orchestra: Sinfonietta Cracovia
    September 14, 2008 | Kraków (Poland) , Philharmonic Hall
    19.30 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Festival Internacional de la Porta Ferrada 2008
    Orchestra: Orquestra JONDE
    August 12, 2008 | Sant Feliu de Guíxols , Espai Port
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Joan Estelles
    Orchestra: Joven Orquesta Nacional de España
    August 12, 2008 | Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Spain) , Espai Port Marítim
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Prague Proms 2008
    Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
    Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra
    July 20, 2008 | Praha (Czech Republic) , Municipal House, Smetana Hall
    19.00 h
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