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Kurt Weill in November

Nov. 01, 2018

Kurt Weill in November

Storm Large performed The Seven Deadly Sins with the Houston Symphony conducted by Bramwell Tovey, on November 2-4. In addition, a new production of Der Jasager directed by Christoph Diem and conducted by Alexis Agrafiotis, opens at Staatstheater Braunschweig on November 11 and runs in repertory through December 19. The Lyric Opera of Kansas City presents Down in the Valley as part of its Exploration Series, on November 17. A new production of The Threepenny Opera, directed by Jean Lacornerie, and conducted by Jean-Robert Lay, tours to several cities in southern France, produced by Théâtre Croix-Rousse. The production opens in Lyon for three performances, November 17, 20, & 21, and then travels to the Opéra Grand Avignon on November 25, the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Charleroi on December 15, with additional dates and cities in the new year. Finally, the University of Toronto performs Street Scene on November 22-25.

Listen to "Beat, Beat the Drums" from Four Walt Whitman Songs (1942-1947) here:


("Beat, Beat the Drums" from Four Walt Whitman Songs/Kurt Weill/
Anna Prohaska, soprano and Eric Schneider, piano)

For more events coming up this month, visit the performance calendar on KWF.org.

For more information about Kurt Weill, please visit kwf.org.

Kurt Weill
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 Jasager (1930)
a school opera in two acts
text (Ger) by Bertolt Brecht, after the Japanese play Taniko
for tenor or boy soprano, mezzo-soprano, two tenors, two baritones and SATB chorus
1.0.1.0.asax-0.0.0.0-perc-2pno.harm-plucked instruments ad lib. (gtr, banjo, lute)-str(w/o violas)
35’

Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) (1928)
play with music after John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera"; in three acts
German translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann
adaptation and lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
2S, 2Mz, T, Bar, B-Bar and speaking roles
asax(fl, cl, bsax).tsax(ssax, bsn, bcl)-tpt.tbn(db)-banjo(vc, gtr, Hawaiian gtr, mandolin, bandoneon)-timp/perc (tpt 2)-harm (cel, pno)
full evening

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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