Histoire Du Soldat: a performance that “restores one’s faith in humanity” – Thirteen/WNET

Histoire du Soldat: Stravinsky, Cabaret-Style
Thirteen/WNET
March 31, 2011
by Susan Yung
“Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale, from 1918), a two-performance, one-evening event at Galapagos in Dumbo last week, was one of those only-in-New-York performances that restores one’s faith in humanity, even on a wicked sleety night. This hour-long work by Stravinsky was assembled into a cabaret-scaled production by conductor Ransom Wilson, with an orchestra of seven (the excellent new ensemble Le Train Bleu), three actors, and choreography by Lar Lubovitch for Reid Bartelme, Nicole Corea, and Attila Joey Csiki. Soldat recounts the story of a soldier who, returning home, makes a deal with the devil, resulting in amusing consequences and solemn regrets….” (more)