Subtitle | Ballet chanté in nine scenes |
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Librettist | Bertolt Brecht |
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Publisher | EAMC |
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Instrumentation | 2 (2 picc).1.2.1; 2.2.1.1; harp, piano, banjo (guitar), timp, perc; strings |
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Duration | 35' |
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Movements | 1) Faulheit (Sloth)
2) Stolz (Pride)
3) Zorn (Wrath)
4) Völlerei (Gluttony)
5) Unzucht (Lust)
6) Habsucht (Covetousness)
7) Neid (Envy)
Finaletto |
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Premiere | June 7, 1933, Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, George Balanchine, chor., Maurice Abravanel, cond. |
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Authorized translations | English -- W.H. Auden & Chester Kallman; Michael Feingold
French -- Edouard Pfrimmer |
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Synopsis | Anna I (who sings) and Anna II (who dances) are two facets of one personality. At the behest of her family, they travel to seven different American cities in order to make enough money to build a little house on the banks of the Mississippi. In each city, she/they encounter a different deadly sin, and Anna I (the practical side) rebukes Anna II (the artistic side) for engaging in sinful behavior--that is, behavior which hinders the accumulation of wealth. After each sin is repented in turn, they return to their new house. |
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Roles | Anna I (soprano), Anna II (dancer), the Family (2 tenors, baritone, bass), corps de ballet |
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