The Seven Deadly Sins (album) The Seven Deadly Sins (album) The Seven Deadly Sins is a studio recording of the Kurt Weill Opera of the same name by Marianne Faithfull, released in 1998. Marianne Faithfull had already performed "The Seven Deadly Sins" live at St Ann's in Brooklyn, but it was only after working with Dennis Russell Davies on "20th Century Blues" that the idea of recording the opera came to her. Dennis Russell Davies agreed to collaborate again with her, and the album was recorded in June 1997 at the Vienna Konzerthaus with Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Vienna Radio Symphony orchestra. The recording
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