Flight of Lindbergh & Seven Deadly Sins (2006)

Bertolt Brecht saw Flight of Lindbergh, inspired by Charles Lindbergh’s solo flight over the Atlantic, as a didactic drama for huge working-class choirs; Kurt Weill thought it was a radio cantata. Brecht and Weill created The Seven Deadly Sins as a “sung ballet” in 1933. It marked the end of Weill’s European career and the beginning of a two-decade hiatus in Brecht’s. We staged these rarely performed collaborations as a double bill.

Venues

Opéra national de Lyon, France (2006)
Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Scotland (2006)
New Zealand International Arts Festival, Wellington (2008)

Credits

COMPOSERS Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
DIRECTOR François Girard
SET DESIGN François Seguin
COSTUME DESIGN Thibault Vancraenenbroeck
LIGHTING DESIGN David Finn
VIDEO DESIGN Peter Flaherty
CHOREOGRAPHY Marie Chouinard

Cast

Charles Workman
Gun-Brit Barkmin
Don McKellar