Research Catalog

Title

The seven deadly sins [videorecording] : ballet with song in eight parts = Die Sieben Todsünden / co-produced by La Sept-Arte, Opéra de Lyon, Caméras Continentales, Club d'Investissement Media, and RM Associates, in association with Centre National de la Cinématographie, Commission Spectacles Vivants, SITIS, NOS, WDR, and Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Peter Sellars ; music by Kurt Weill ; text by Bertolt Brecht.

Publication

c1993 ; New York, N.Y. : London, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stratas, Teresa.
• Kimball, Nora.
• Rose, Peter.
• Haskin, Howard.
• Kelley, Frank.
• Perry, Herbert.
• Nagano, Kent, 1951-
• Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
• Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
• Sellars, Peter.
• Byrd, Donald, 1949-
• Ramicova, Dunya.
• Vogel, Daniel.
• Ingalls, James F.
• Opéra de Lyon. Orchestre.
• SEPT (Television station : France)
• Association relative à la télévision européenne.
• Opéra de Lyon.
• Caméras continentales.
• Club d'investissement média.
• Reiner Moritz Associates.
• Centre national de la cinématographie (France)
• Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting.
• Westdeutscher Rundfunk.
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Film version of the work, combining footage shot on location and in the studio.

Genre/Form

• Music.
• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Letterbox format.
• Original version for soprano.

Credits (note)

• Choreography, Donald Byrd ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, Daniel Vogel, James F. Ingalls.

Performer (note)

• Teresa Stratas (Anna I), Nora Kimball (Anna II), Peter Rose (the mother), Howard Haskin (the father), Frank Kelley (the son), Herbert Perry (second son).

Event (note)

• Made in High Definition in Lyon, France, in January 1993.

Language (note)

• Credits and subtitles in English ; sung in German.

Contents

1. Jahr: Faulheit [Sloth] -- 2. Jahr: Stolz [Pride] -- 3. Jahr: Zorn [Anger] -- 4. Jahr: Völlerei [Gluttony] -- 5. Jahr: Unzucht [Lust] -- 6. Jahr: Habsucht [Avarice] -- 7. Jahr: Neid [Envy].

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3049

OCLC

NYPY98-F2972

Title

The seven deadly sins [videorecording] : ballet with song in eight parts = Die Sieben Todsünden / co-produced by La Sept-Arte, Opéra de Lyon, Caméras Continentales, Club d'Investissement Media, and RM Associates, in association with Centre National de la Cinématographie, Commission Spectacles Vivants, SITIS, NOS, WDR, and Channel 4 ; produced and directed by Peter Sellars ; music by Kurt Weill ; text by Bertolt Brecht.

Imprint

c1993 ; New York, N.Y. : London, c1995.

Cast

Teresa Stratas (Anna I), Nora Kimball (Anna II), Peter Rose (the mother), Howard Haskin (the father), Frank Kelley (the son), Herbert Perry (second son).

Performer

Music performed by the Orchestra of the Lyon Opéra, conducted by Kent Nagano.

Credits

Choreography, Donald Byrd ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, Daniel Vogel, James F. Ingalls.

Event

Made in High Definition in Lyon, France, in January 1993.

Language

Credits and subtitles in English ; sung in German.

Added Author

Stratas, Teresa. Performer

Kimball, Nora. Performer

Rose, Peter. Performer

Haskin, Howard. Performer

Kelley, Frank. Performer

Perry, Herbert. Performer

Nagano, Kent, 1951- Conductor

Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950. Composer

Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956. Librettist

Sellars, Peter. Producer

Sellars, Peter. Director

Byrd, Donald, 1949- choreographer.

Ramicova, Dunya. Costume designer

Vogel, Daniel. Lighting designer

Ingalls, James F. Lighting designer

Opéra de Lyon. Orchestre.

SEPT (Television station : France)

Association relative à la télévision européenne.

Opéra de Lyon.

Caméras continentales.

Club d'investissement média.

Reiner Moritz Associates.

Centre national de la cinématographie (France)

Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Channel Four (Great Britain)

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3049