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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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    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    June 15, 2017 | Toronto, ON (Canada) , Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra
    June 14, 2017 | Toronto, ON (Canada) , Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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    Conductor: Trojan Nakade
    June 9, 2017 | Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , King's College Chapel
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    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    June 6, 2017 | Detroit, MI (United States of America) , Orchestra Hall
    19:30
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    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Valery Kirianov
    May 19, 2017 | Moscow (Russia) , Helikon-Opera
    19:00
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    Conductor: Valery Kirianov
    May 18, 2017 | Moscow (Russia) , Helikon-Opera — First Night
    19:00
  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein
    Orchestra: Oslo-Filharmonien
    May 4, 2017 | Oslo (Norway) , Konserthus
    19:00
  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: Kazem Abdullah
    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Aachen
    April 24, 2017 | Aachen (Germany) , Eurogress
    20:00
  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: Kazem Abdullah
    Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Aachen
    April 23, 2017 | Aachen (Germany) , Eurogress
    18:00
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Kurt Weill Fest 2017
    Conductor: Kristjan Järvi
    Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester
    February 24, 2017 | Dessau (Germany) , Anhaltisches Theater, Foyer
    17:00
  • Kurt Weill
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    Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
    January 22, 2017 | Glendale, CA (United States of America) , Alex Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane
    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
    January 21, 2017 | Glendale, CA (United States of America) , Alex Theatre
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Lawrence Foster
    Orchestra: Sinfonie Orchester Biel
    January 18, 2017 | Biel (Switzerland) , Kongresshaus
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Mary King
    November 18, 2016 | London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Barbican Hall
  • Kurt Weill
    The Seven Deadly Sins
    Conductor: Willem de Bordes
    Orchestra: Amsterdams Symfonie Orkest "Con Brio"
    November 6, 2016 | Amsterdam (Netherlands) , Paradiso
    14:30
  • Kurt Weill
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    Orchestra: Ventura County Community College District
    October 30, 2016 | Ventura, CA (United States of America) , Helen Yunker Auditorium, Ventura College
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    Orchestra: Ventura County Community College District
    October 29, 2016 | Ventura, CA (United States of America) , Helen Yunker Auditorium, Ventura College
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    Orchestra: Ventura County Community College District
    October 28, 2016 | Ventura, CA (United States of America) , Helen Yunker Auditorium, Ventura College
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    Orchestra: Ventura County Community College District
    October 27, 2016 | Ventura, CA (United States of America) , Helen Yunker Auditorium, Ventura College
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    Conductor: Peter Kuhn
    Orchestra: Bergische Symphoniker
    October 26, 2016 | Remscheid (Germany) , Teo Otto Theater
    19:30
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