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Kurt Weill in June

Jun. 05, 2018

Kurt Weill in June

Several exciting performances of works by Kurt Weill take place in June. Theater Pforzheim's production of Der Silbersee continues in repertory through July 5. David Pountney’s new triple bill of Mahagonny Songspiel/Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire/Die sieben Todsünden gives two more performances at Opéra national du Rhin, June 13 and 15, conducted by Roland Kluttig. Kluttig also conducts a new production of Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny at Landestheater Coburg, June 22 through July 11. The Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart presents Street Scene June 3-21. Finally, Wolf Trap Opera performs The Seven Deadly Sins in the version for two pianos, with Annie Rosen as Anna I, directed by Septime Webre on June 23-24.


("Lonely House" from Street Scene/Kurt Weill/Original Broadway Cast Recording/
Maurice Abravanel, conductor)

Kurt Weill
Aufsteig und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1927/29)
opera in three acts
text (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Jeremy Sams
S, Mz, 3T, 2Bar, B; chorus and orchestra
2(2pic)1.1.ssax.asax.tsax.2(cbsn)-2.3.2.1-perc.timp-pno.harm ad lib.banjo.bass gtr.bandoneon-str
Stage orchestra: 2(2pic).2.3sax(ssax, asax, tsax).2-2.2.2.1-perc-pno.zither or xyl.banjo.bandoneon-3 vn
full evening

Mahagonny Songspiel (1927)
Text (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht
English translation by Michael Feingold
2S, 2T, 2B; orchestra
2cl(bcl).asax-2tpt.tbn-timp.perc-pno-2vn
30’

Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven Deadly Sins) (1933)
ballet chanté in nine scenes
lyrics (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht


for soprano, 2 tenors, baritone, bass, dancer and corps de ballet


2(2pic).1.2.1-2.2.1.1-timp.perc-hp.pno.bnj(gtr)-str


35'  

Der Silbersee (The Silver Lake) (1932-1933)
A Winter’s Tale in three acts
book and lyrics (Ger) by Georg Kaiser
for three sopranos, mezzo-soprano, three tenors, three baritones, two basses and SATB chorus
2.1.2.1-0.2.2.0-timp.perc-hp.pno-str
70’

Street Scene (1946)
an American opera in two acts
book (Eng) by Elmer Rice; lyrics (Eng) by Langston Hughes and Elmer Rice
based on the play "Street Scene" by Elmer Rice
6S, A, 4Mz, 4T, 3Bar, B-Bar, B, boy soprano, speakers, dancers and orchestra
1(pic).1.2.bcl(cl).1-2.2.2.0-timp.perc-hp.pno(cel)-str
full evening  

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