Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 4:00 pm
Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:30 pm

John Morris Russell, Conductor
Members of the Wolf Trap Opera

Hans Krása Overture for Small Orchestra
Darius Milhaud La création du monde, Op. 81 (The Creation of the World)
Kurt Weill Seven Deadly Sins

Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht’s final masterpiece, The Seven Deadly Sins, is a unique “Ballet Chanté” featuring a cast of five exceptional singers and a dancer. These fully staged performances by the HHSO and the illustrious Wolf Trap Opera Company tell a darkly psychological story about the motivations and pitfalls of modern American life. It is at times humorous, risqué, and profoundly moving, with an eclectic musical palette that includes ragtime, waltzes, barbershop and torch songs. The Seven Deadly Sins is as relevant today as it was when it was written ninety years ago. Also, on the program are 20^th century masterpieces by fellow Jewish composers Darius Milhaud, “The Creation of the World”, and an orchestral overture by Hans Krása written in the Nazi Terezin concentration camp during World War 2. Elements of jazz and cabaret theatre can be heard in each of the works, in what promises to be an extraordinary evening of music and drama.

“Weill, Krása and Milhaud are three of the most significant Jewish composers of the twentieth century, with a musical message that resonates as strongly today as when they were written.” – Rabbi Brad Bloom, Congregation Beth Yam

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