Losch and Lenya,James made it a requirement that his spouse THI SIVTII DTRDLT 5IH5 should dance opposite the hence lhe Seven David Kettle singer. And Deadly SlnJ unique and sliEhtly

perplexing characters ofAnna I and Anna ll were born. It's only by luck that Ih e Seven Deadly Sins exists at all. Things weren't Soing well for composer in the early 1 930s. His partnership with the renowned German writer Essentiallytwo sides ofa single , which had produced such masterpieces as fhe Rlse and Fall ofthe City of person, Anna I and Anna ll are the Mahagonnyand The Threepenny Opera had all but disintegrated by 1930, followingthe main protagonists in Brecht and playwrighfs renewed commitment to I\4arxism (and his somewhat ill-considered critiques Weill's flnal collaboration, a bitter ofthe two men's previous collaborations). Weill's move to Paris in 1933, fleeing increasing l critique of middle-class values. unpopularity in a restive Germany, hadn't brought him the acclaim he expected after his Anna I sings;Anna ll dances. previous successes there. And his on-going divorce from , the husky-toned I Anna I is practical, cynical and singerwho had given so many of his works their uniquely decadent character,looked set focused on money Anna ll is to deny him one ofhis music's essentialinterpreters. emotional, impulsive and easily manipulated. Travelling around Enter , a wealthy Englishman living in Paris, who was backing a new dance America to earn money to build company called Les Ballets 1 933 headed by top avant-garde choreographer George their family a new house in Ba lanchine.lames agreed to flnance new dance pieces for Balanchine's troupe on two Louisiana, the two Annas conditions: that his wife, the da ncer Tilly Losch, was given a lead role; and that one of the encounter sins at every turn, but works commissioned was by Weill. ifs Anna ll who is 'cured' ofthem in Brecht's vitriolic attack on It looked like Weill had been capitalism. She overcomes her jean Har ow and Ctrener Moffis itr Red-Headed Woman (1 93 2). directed by lack conway MGM/The Koba col ect on. given a fresh start. lf only things 'pride' in refusing to bear all in a were that simple. His initial l\y'emphis strip club when her sister encourages her to wear skimpier clothing in order to choice for a collaborator -lean bring in more money. She defeats her'lusf in Boston by turning her back on the man she Cocteau - declined to take part truly loves to go offwith a wealthy patron who will support the two sisters. And in Los because of the-ambitious Angeles, ifs her'wrath' that almost gets the two sisters fired from a movie studio after deadline. James suggested she shows herfrustration at injustice in the fllm world. Brecht as a replacement, and after Weill reluctantly agreed, the Brecht turns the traditional morality tale on its head: in his world, the sins are virtues that playwriBht hurried from his exile the Annas must overcome in order to live a bourgeois, capitalist life. The AnnaJ family, back in Switzerland to Paris speciallyto l home in Louisiana, is sungbya quartet of male voices (the mother, logically, beingthe bass) work on the piece. Lenya said yes j who maintain an ironic commentary on the girls' actions throughout. to playing a central role, despite the divorce - but her lover ofthe As in his previous, hiShly successful stage works, Weill's music for The Seven Deadly Sins time, Otto Pasetti, was also to be matches Brecht's contemporary references with its use ofpopular styles - foxtrot, dance in the cast. (Weillhimself only music, barbershop quartet, solemn church chorale. His trademark wind-heavy, acidic- added to the sexual intrigue: he sounding orchestration, sofamiliarfrom TheThreepenny Opera, is mellowed slightlyfor was having an affairwith the wife The Seven Deadly Sinr where stringed instruments come more to the fore. Yet there's still ofCaspar Neher, the production's the distinct feel of dance-band music in the songs, emphasised by the unmistakable twang designer.) But how to follow ofthe banjo and the stuttering percussion in Weill's orchestra. the English flnancieis other stlpulation, that his dancer wife Weill completed The Seven Deadly Sins quickly between mid-April and early May 1933, and have a lead role? the premieretook place in Paris on 7lune.lt's hardly surprising that reviews were mixed:the Dust Bowlfarmerlohn Barnett and h sfamiy. 1942 should Noticing A fred Eisenstaedr4 me & L fe Pictures/Getiy lmages a striking resemblance between workwas presented in a taxing programme alongside no fewerthanflve othershort ballets, Awoman in a ff led wrap tries on shoes, c 1 930. General Photogr.phic DIOGR]TNIN Agency/Getty maees.

Peter Baldwin - Male Ro es B rm ngham.the banks oftheWaterofLeth, Peter Ba dw n graduated from London Stud o Methl Docksand London's urban spaces. Centre in 2003 He previousy attended the BR T PeterVan Hulle Brother schoo of performingartsand Central Schoo PeterVan Hu le studied atthe RoyalScottish of Ba l-.1 H swork h.staken him wordw de Acaden-ry ofMuslc and Drama and the NationaL irerformiirg n Portuga . lialy. lsra e and Ameica. as opera Studio. His ro es nc ude HotelPorter Dealh we as al overthe UK. He hascont nLred to work in ln yenlce(Engllsh Nat onalOpera La Monnaie La a varietyof genres nc ud ngtheatre, arena, f m S. .lor Dr (o_ rdl.LotrGa a t\,4ddamo BLlLe,l!. and ry. He hasjust completed a tourwithAct One, Charles l.mb Monsi-.r Re.tot PeterGrimes affrlated with ARC dance company. (Scottish 0pera)r Menelaus La bel/e H-;/dne Borsa JessicaCottis Conductor Rigoletta, Pong TurandoL Srarl A Midsummer lessica Cottis recefty completed a two-year N/ghts Drearn (ENO)] Slave lhe Assassln Iree by dppo ,l Fr o A . .ldr' ao rd lor oI'5. 88 Stuart MacRae (Edinburgh Fesuval/Royal 0pera qy_rpror) ',o rr I 0'.I "'da1c(or c rrlr'lt Housd. He has also sungforOpera Ho and Park, Fellow at the Roya Scottlsh Acad emy of N,4!r sic Mid Wales Opera, Eng ish Tour nB Opera and the and Drama. ncreasingly n demand as a guest Almeida. Buxton and Warwickfestva s. conductor, she recenty n-rade her BBC Prorns Nadine Livingston Anna I debut, and conducted the prem eres ofJarnes Nadine Llvingston was born in G asgowand D llon's Nlre Rlvers (BBC SSO)and Anna N4ered th's studied at the RoyalNorthern Colege ofMLrslc Tatantula in PetralEiueC\ deburgh). She is Artistlc in lManchesterwith Barbara Robotharn where D rector of B oomsbury 0pera and guest conductor \5F 4d tl-F rr 6 o o r In bar olp'il6 . oo 6. and its text was sung untranslated in German, so that the piece's biting satire was all but lost of Red Note Ensemb e. She worked professionaly ^i pFlor-po hFre rr rLd.d -atla- d fu8enF O.eg,n on the French-speaking d'.1orgor.l 'l Lor oo a ro odrr Dp'o'' d)rrg audience. ' and Rosa inde Die F/edermaus. She has sung at the RoyalAcademy of Muslcwhere shewas .r wr | 6 uo dDA I L ,s6 ,b e.. ,d w lt trF F.tt" d^orcpclaF op,oro r li, gp -e.01gdd rdlior. The composer later admitted a certain frustration with an emerging anti-Weill contingent orchestra and Sir Mark E der. Shewas a Scott sh in Parls. And indeed it seemed that the resentment he encountered in Berlin may have GrahameGardner Lighting Designer oo.-d t^1F,BirBA ri.-'ror 7009ro70 ls rB18 followed him tothe French capital:in a concert laterthatyear, French composer Florent Grahame Gardnerwas born in Glasgow and stud ed lile rcle K6tya Kabanav1. Ny'usetta La boheme Maffiage Figara Rigoletta. Schmitt heckled Weill, shouting, 'Vive HitlerlWe have enough bad musicians in France at Queen Margaret Un versity College. Edinburgh S$anft The of and Gi da dnd the Unlversity ofRochester, NewYork As without beingsent German Jews as well!'Weill's mind was made up: two years later he Kally Lloyd-rones Director/Choreographer Chief Electrcian iorScottish Ballet, he designed boarded a ship in Cherbourg, destined to begin a new life in the USA. Kally Lloyd lones, CompanyChorde a's founder ight ngformany shows inc uding.Sonafal, and Artistic Director,was born and ra sed in Time, Prisoneri Cheri, Carmelr z nd Espril He has David journalist Scotand. She trained attheTheatre Arts Ballet Kettle ls a and writer on rnLts c who has wrltten for BBC Music Magazine,The Stftd.The des gned forTab!la Rasa Dance Cornpany. Scott sh S.h ool a nrl Ce ntral S.hoo of B.llei ln lonaon Iimes fhe Guardian and Folk Raats Dance Theatre.lan ce Parker Projects and Clalre and has an MA in Engllsh Literature and Film Cunningham. and Cinderella Pilot Erraa Les Stud es from G asgow University She hasworked Amaureuxand L,liandafar Cornpany Chorde ia. extensively as a choreographer, dancet movement He has also worked wlth Paragon Ensernb e, d rectotteacherand choreologist in Scotand, as AIYF opera Gaden and Theare Cryptic. He is TIII STVTil DTf,DLT 5IN5 M SCOTLRND we as in London. Sweden and Canada. She has Associate L ghting Designer lor Matthew Bournes worked with the Roya Swed sh Balet.The Roya Swan Lake. The Scottish premiere was in 196'l at the Edinburgh Festival, when lhe Seyen Deadrsns Ballet School.The Benesh lnstitute. David Hughes was performed by Scottish Theatre Ballet (laterScottish Balle0, directed and choreographed ,anis Hart Desgner Dance Company, Spinal Chord Prolectg Tartan pa_ -6c ' ..146'o . by Dunfermline-born Kenneth N4acN4illan, later to become director ofthe Royal Ballet. l" lar ' " dd1' e r ida_I. io Cha meleo n, Traverse Theatre, Anku r Prod uctions, ,rtthe Alexander Gibson was in the pit, and Murray Dickie, another Scot, led the male quartet. Plymouth Theatre Roya,Theatr Po\\,ys. Paragon Ensemb e,0ntar o Ba etTheatre, Worcester Swan Theatre. London BubbleTheatre Desrosiers Dance Theatre, Roya Scottlsh Academy The star ofthe show was Cleo Laine as Anna. Co.. South Hill ParkArt Centre and Derby P ayhouse. ofM!s c and Drama and Scottish Opera. She ,|asd ln 1982, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra gave concert performances in GIasgow, Edinburgh, Herfreelance work has included companies all tecled K1tya Kabanov.i for Scotiish opera Dundee and Aberdeen conducted bytheyoungSimon Rattle. over Brtain. and as an art director lorf m. She has .1a Tre Rapea ucrc\a to- St A']d-ews 0pe-a. enloyed many interest ng co aboratons in unusua a nd wa s Associate Dlrector o n Orlando for Scottish Stephen Fraser operascotla nd.orB, thewebsite for opera list ngsand perfoTr|ance h story spaces, ncludlng an abandoned hosptalln 0pera