L'Histoire du Soldat
A fairytale about a deserter, the devil, a violin and a princess. We know that things rarely end well when the devil gets involved – and the Russian musical story L’Histoire du Soldat is no exception to the rule. Igor Stravinsky wrote this work ‘to read, play and sing’ in the war-torn year 1918, intending it for performance by a small theatre company or even in the open air. The original stage setting, inspired both aesthetically and practically by travelling fairs and troupes of actors, evokes images of street musicians. The Salzburger Marionettentheater and director Matthias Bundschuh make the puppets – designed by the German artist Georg Baselitz (!) – dance to Stravinsky’s jazz-inspired score. The aptly named Isabelle Faust picks up her violin to unleash the devil.
Matthias Bundschuh
conductor
Georg Baselitz
puppet-maker ,
set design
Leonhard Winkler
puppeteer ,
stage design
Dominique Horwitz
narration
Isabelle Faust
violin
Pascal Moragues
clarinet
Giorgio Mandolesi
bassoon
Reinhold Friedrich
cornet
Ian Bousfield
trombone
Burak Marlali
double-bass
Raymond Curfs
percussion
Edouard Funck
puppeteer
Ursula Winzer
puppeteer
Philippe Brunner
puppeteer
Eva Wiener
puppeteer
Vladimir Fediakov
puppeteer
Maximilian Kiener-Laubenbacher
puppeteer
Emanuel Paulus
puppeteer
Marion Mayer
puppeteer
Philipp Schmidt
puppeteer
Salzburger Marionettentheater
ensemble
Program
Igor Stravinsky
Histoire du soldat
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
texts
Practical information
Dates
Location
Hall M
Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELSLanguage
- French
- Surtitles: Dutch
Co-production
- Salzburger Festspiele
Co-presentation
- Festival van Vlaanderen Gent