The Seven Deadly Sins: Two sisters are sent by their family on a journey across the United States to earn money for a house. Their task becomes a test: the money must be earned by avoiding the seven deadly sins.

Gianni Schicchi: After the death of the wealthy Buoso Donati, his greedy relatives gather in Florence. When they learn he left his fortune to a monastery, they call the cunning Gianni Schicchi. Disguised as the deceased, he dictates a new will and promptly transfers the most valuable part of the inheritance—Buoso’s house—to himself.

Though musically and historically distinct, The Seven Deadly Sins and Gianni Schicchi share a sharp satirical view of bourgeois morality and greed. While Puccini lets a clever fraudster triumph, Brecht and Weill show moral virtue leading to ruin. Both works shine as vibrant musical theatre pieces and, together, reveal human failure as the essence of comedy.

(Source: volksoper.at)