Weill Triptych
Weill Triptych
2 hours and 40 minutes circa intermissions included | |
Die Sieben Todsünden
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Conductor | RICCARDO CHAILLY |
Staging and videos | IRINA BROOK |
Lights | MARC HEINZ |
Cast
Die sieben Todsünden |
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Ballet chanté |
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Anna I |
Alma Sadé |
Anna II | Lauren Michelle |
Fratello | Elliott Carlton Hines |
Madre |
Andrew Harris |
Padre | Matthäus Schmidlechner |
Fratello | Michael Smallwood |
Attore | Geoffrey Carey |
Mahagonny-Songspiel |
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Opera in three parts |
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Jimmy | Andrew Harris |
Bobby | Elliott Carlton Hines |
Billy |
Michael Smallwood |
Charlie | Matthäus Schmidlechner |
Jessie | Lauren Michelle |
Bessie | Alma Sadé |
Attore | Geoffrey Carey |
Happy End |
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Musical in three acts |
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Bill Cracker | Markus Werba |
Sam Worlitzer | Elliott Carlton Hines |
Captain der Heilsarmee | Matthäus Schmidlechner |
Hanibal Jackson | Michael Smallwood |
Die Dame in Grau | Natascha Petrinsky |
Jane | Lauren Michelle |
Attore | Geoffrey Carey |
In brief
The opportunity to downsize orchestras and scenery ‘facilitated’ by the long months of the pandemic has led to the creation of a small jewel of theatre and music, the diptych dedicated to Kurt Weill by Riccardo Chailly. Director Irina Brook reread Bertolt Brecht’s caustic social commentary from an environmental angle, inventing a minimalistic scenography with discarded materials and a sea of plastic bottles. The diptych comprising Die sieben Todsünden and Mahagonny Songspiel now becomes a triptych with the addition of a new production of Happy End, which introduces “Surabaya Johnny” among the other famous pieces performed (including “Alabama-Song”).