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The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté)

Index The Seven Deadly Sins (ballet chanté)

The Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todsünden, Les sept péchés capitaux) is a satirical ballet chanté ("sung ballet") in seven scenes (nine movements) composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht in 1933 under a commission from Boris Kochno and Edward James. [1]

88 relations: Allegra Kent, Anger, Anja Silja, Anne Bogart, Anne Sofie von Otter, Ballet dancer, Baltimore, Baritone, Bass (voice type), Bertolt Brecht, Boris Kochno, Boston, Brigitte Fassbaender, Carona, Ticino, Caspar Neher, Chester Kallman, David H. Koch Theater, Dennis Russell Davies, Dissociative identity disorder, Edward James, Envy, Epilogue, George Balanchine, German language, Gisela May, Gluttony, Greek chorus, Heinrich Gretler, Herbert Kegel, Joel Ivany, John Axelrod, Kent Nagano, Kurt Weill, Libretto, List of 1933 ballet premieres, London, Los Angeles, Lotte Lenya, Louisiana, Lust, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Marianela Núñez, Marianne Faithfull, Martha Wainwright, Martin Yates, Mary Carewe, Maurice Abravanel, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Memphis, Tennessee, Mise-en-scène, ..., Mississippi River, NDR Radiophilharmonie, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York City Opera, Patti LuPone, Peter Oundjian, Philadelphia, Pina Bausch, Pride, Prologue, Reichstag fire, Robert Irving (conductor), Roslyn Sulcas, Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco, Sara Mearns, Savoy Theatre, Seven deadly sins, Sloth (deadly sin), Soprano, Spanish National Youth Orchestra, Teatro de la Maestranza, Tennessee, Tenor, Teresa Stratas, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, The Royal Ballet, Tilly Losch, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, United States, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Voice type, W. H. Auden, Wallis Giunta, Wendy Whelan, Will Tuckett, Zenaida Yanowsky. Expand index (38 more) »

Allegra Kent

Allegra Kent (born August 11, 1937) is an American ballet dancer, actress, children's book author and columnist.

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Anger

Anger or wrath is an intense negative emotion.

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Anja Silja

Anja Silja Regina Langwagen (born April 17, 1940 in Berlin) is a German soprano who is known for her great abilities as a singing-actress and for the vastness of her repertoire.

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Anne Bogart

Anne Bogart (born September 25, 1951) is an American theatre and opera director.

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Anne Sofie von Otter

Anne Sofie von Otter (born 9 May 1955) is a Swedish mezzo-soprano.

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Ballet dancer

A ballet dancer (ballerina fem., ballerino masc.) is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.

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Baritone

A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice types.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Bertolt Brecht

Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.

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Boris Kochno

Boris Evgenievich Kochno or Kokhno (Бори́с Евге́ньевич Кохно́; 3 January 1904 – 8 December 1990) was a Russian poet, dancer and librettist.

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Boston

Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.

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Brigitte Fassbaender

Brigitte Fassbaender (born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director.

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Carona, Ticino

Carona is a former municipality in the district of Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Caspar Neher

Caspar Neher (born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher; 11 April 1897 – 30 June 1962) was an Austrian-German scenographer and librettist, known principally for his career-long working relationship with Bertolt Brecht.

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Chester Kallman

Chester Simon Kallman (January 7, 1921 – January 18, 1975) was an American poet, librettist, and translator, best known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.

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David H. Koch Theater

The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other forms of dance, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City, United States.

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Dennis Russell Davies

Dennis Russell Davies (born April 16, 1944 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American conductor and pianist.

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Dissociative identity disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), also known as multiple personality disorder, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.

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Edward James

Edward William Frank James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement.

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Envy

Envy (from Latin invidia) is an emotion which "occurs when a person lacks another's superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it".

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Epilogue

An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος epílogos, "conclusion" from ἐπί epi, "in addition" and λόγος logos, "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work.

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George Balanchine

George Balanchine (born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze; January 22, 1904April 30, 1983) was a choreographer.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Gisela May

Gisela May (31 May 1924 – 2 December 2016) was a German actress and singer.

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Gluttony

Gluttony (gula, derived from the Latin gluttire meaning "to gulp down or swallow") means over-indulgence and over-consumption of food, drink, or wealth items.

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Greek chorus

A Greek chorus, or simply chorus (χορός, khoros) in the context of Ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, satyr plays, and modern works inspired by them, is a homogeneous, non-individualised group of performers, who comment with a collective voice on the dramatic action.

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Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich.

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Herbert Kegel

Herbert Kegel (29 July 1920 – 20 November 1990) was a German conductor.

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Joel Ivany

Joel Ivany is a Canadian stage director and artistic director of Against the Grain Theatre.

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John Axelrod

John Neal Axelrod (born March 28, 1966 in Houston, Texas) is an American conductor.

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Kent Nagano

Kent George Nagano (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator.

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Kurt Weill

Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.

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Libretto

A libretto is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

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List of 1933 ballet premieres

*1933 ballet premieres, List of Category:Lists of ballet premieres by year Category:Lists of 1930s ballet premieres.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lotte Lenya

Lotte Lenya (18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Lust

Lust is a craving, it can take any form such as the lust for sexuality, lust for money or the lust for power.

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Lynne Taylor-Corbett

Lynne Taylor-Corbett is a choreographer, director, lyricist, and composer.

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Marianela Núñez

Marianela Núñez (born 23 March 1982) is an Argentine ballet dancer.

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Marianne Faithfull

Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer, songwriter and actress.

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Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer-songwriter.

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Martin Yates

Martin Yates (born 1 July 1958) is a British conductor.

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Mary Carewe

Mary Carewe is an English singer and vocal coach, best known as one of the lead vocalists in Karl Jenkins' musical project Adiemus, often singing harmonies with Miriam Stockley.

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Maurice Abravanel

Maurice Abravanel (January 6, 1903 – September 22, 1993) was an American conductor of classical music.

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MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

The MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra (in German simply the MDR Sinfonieorchester) is a German radio orchestra based in Leipzig.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mise-en-scène

Mise-en-scène ("placing on stage") is an expression used to describe the design aspect of a theatre or film production, which essentially means "visual theme" or "telling a story"—both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography and stage design, and in poetically artful ways through direction.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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NDR Radiophilharmonie

The NDR Radiophilharmonie is a German radio orchestra, affiliated with the Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hanover (Germany), the capital of Lower Saxony.

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

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New York City Center

New York City Center (previously known as the Mecca Temple, City Center of Music and Drama,. The name "City Center for Music and Drama Inc." is the organizational parent of the New York City Ballet and, until 2011, the New York City Opera. and the New York City Center 55th Street Theater,White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot; AIA Guide to New York City, 4th Edition; New York Chapter, American Institute of Architects; Crown Publishers/Random House. 2000.;. p.267.) is a 2,257-seat Moorish Revival theater located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City.

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New York City Opera

The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City.

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Patti LuPone

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals.

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Peter Oundjian

Peter Oundjian (born 21 December 1955) is a Canadian violinist and conductor.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Pina Bausch

Philippina "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director.

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Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two antithetical meanings.

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Prologue

A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prologos, from πρό pro, "before" and λόγος logos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.

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Reichstag fire

The Reichstag fire (Reichstagsbrand) was an arson attack on the Reichstag building (home of the German parliament) in Berlin on 27 February 1933, just one month after Adolf Hitler had been sworn in as Chancellor of Germany.

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Robert Irving (conductor)

Robert Augustine Irving, DFC*, (28 August 191313 September 1991) was a British conductor whose reputation was mainly as a ballet conductor.

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Roslyn Sulcas

Roslyn Sulcas is a dance critic and culture writer for the New York Times.

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Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra

The Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra (Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla), founded in 1990, is a symphony orchestra based in Seville, Spain.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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Sara Mearns

Sara Ann Mearns (born 19 January 1986) is an American ballerina who is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet.

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Savoy Theatre

The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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Seven deadly sins

The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, is a grouping and classification of vices within Christian teachings.

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Sloth (deadly sin)

Sloth is one of the seven capital sins.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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Spanish National Youth Orchestra

The Spanish National Youth Orchestra (Joven Orquesta Nacional de España, abbreviation JONDE) is a Spanish youth orchestra.

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Teatro de la Maestranza

The Teatro de la Maestranza is an opera house located in Seville, Spain.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Tenor

Tenor is a type of classical male singing voice, whose vocal range is normally the highest male voice type, which lies between the baritone and countertenor voice types.

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Teresa Stratas

Teresa Stratas, OC (born May 26, 1938 in Toronto, Ontario), is a retired Canadian operatic soprano of Greek descent.

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Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is a theatre at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris.

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The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.

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Tilly Losch

Ottilie Ethel Leopoldine Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (November 15, 1903 – December 24, 1975), known professionally as Tillie Losch, was an Austrian-born dancer, choreographer, actress and painter who lived and worked for most of her life in the United States and United Kingdom.

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Toronto Symphony Orchestra

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra (German: Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, or RSO Wien) is the orchestra of the Austrian national broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF).

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Voice type

A voice type classifies a singing voice by vocal range, vocal weight, tessitura, vocal timbre, vocal transition points (passaggia) like breaks and lifts, and vocal register.

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W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet.

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Wallis Giunta

Wallis Giunta (born 1985) is a Canadian opera singer and actress performing at leading theatres and opera companies around the world.

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Wendy Whelan

Wendy Whelan (born May 7, 1967) was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and is a guest artist with The Royal Ballet and the Kirov Ballet and has performed all over the U.S., South America, Europe, and Asia.

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Will Tuckett

Will Tuckett (born 1969) is an English choreographer, who has created works for the English National Ballet and the Royal Ballet.

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Zenaida Yanowsky

Zenaida Yanowsky, Lady Keenlyside is a French-born Spanish ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Deadly_Sins_(ballet_chanté)

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