Dance evening by

Pina Bausch

The Seven Deadly Sins

Part I

Kurt Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins

ballet chanté

text by Bertolt Brecht

version for a deep female voice

arranged by Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg

 

Part II Don’t be afraid

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The Seven Deadly Sins
Opera House WuppertalWuppertal
12.04., 13.04., 15.04., 16.04., 17.04., 19.04., 20.04., 21.04.2025
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Choreography

Set Design / Costumes

Collaboration

Hans Pop

Musical consulting

Music

Kurt Weill using songs from The Threepenny Opera, Little Threepenny Music, Happy End, The Berlin Requiem and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

Text

Bertolt Brecht

World-Premiere

15 Jun 1976, Opera House Wuppertal

Duration

2h 25min, one intermission

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Musical Direction
Jan Michael Horstmann
Orchestra
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal
Rehearsal director
Josephine Ann Endicott
Assistant to Rehearsal Direction
Guests
Babacar Mané
Melanie Martinez
Claudia Ortiz Arraiza
Stephanie Troyak
Singing / Acting
Melissa Madden Gray
Steffen Laube
Ute Lemper
Erika Skrotzki
Singer
Mark Bowman-Hester
Sebastian Campione
Simon Stricker
Piano
Maki Hayashida
Guitar
Jan Kazda

Guest performances

  • Brussels

    1977

  • Berlin

    1977

  • Vienna

    1977

  • Nancy

    1977

  • Paris

    1979

  • New York

    1985

  • Ottawa

    1985

  • Montreal

    1985

  • Venice

    1985

  • Paris

    1986

  • Amsterdam

    1995

  • London

    1997

  • Saitama

    2002

  • Moscow

    2009

  • Berlin

    2009