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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: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    February 18, 2007 | Portland, OR (United States of America) , Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
    14.00 & 19.30 h
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    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    February 18, 2007 | Portland, OR (United States of America)
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    February 17, 2007 | Portland, OR (United States of America) , Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
    19.30 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Carlos Kalmar
    Orchestra: Oregon Symphony
    February 17, 2007 | Portland, OR (United States of America)
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Jean-Luc Portelli
    February 8, 2007 | Bordeaux (France)
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: University of Washington
    November 12, 2006 | Seattle, WA (United States of America) , University of Washington
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: University of Washington
    November 8, 2006 | Seattle, WA (United States of America) , University of Washington
    weitere Auffuehrungen bis zum 12.11.2006
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    KlaraFestival 2006
    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
    Orchestra: Vlaams Radio Orkest
    September 13, 2006 | Bruxelles (Belgium) , Palais des Beaux-Arts, Salle Henri le Boeuf
    20.00 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Lucerne Festival 2006
    Conductor: HK Gruber
    Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker
    September 8, 2006 | Luzern (Switzerland) , Konzertsaal
    19.30 Uhr
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Marc Taddei
    Orchestra: Christchurch Symphony Orchestra
    August 26, 2006 | Christchurch (New Zealand) , Christchurch Town Hall
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  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Edinburgh International Festival 2006
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    August 16, 2006 | Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Edinburgh Festival Theater
    19.15 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Edinburgh International Festival 2006
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    August 15, 2006 | Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Edinburgh Festival Theater
    19.15 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Edinburgh International Festival 2006
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    August 14, 2006 | Edinburgh (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Edinburgh Festival Theater
    19.15 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    July 4, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    July 2, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National
    16.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    June 30, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    June 28, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    June 26, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Roberto Minczuk
    June 24, 2006 | Lyon (France) , Opéra National — First Night
    20.00 h
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble
    April 27, 2006 | Den Haag (Netherlands) , Nieuwe Kerk
    20.15 h
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