Stravinksy’s L’Histoire du Soldat uses a Russian folk tale as a platform for a sensational score that spans a bridge to new music while presenting a Faustian parable of love and loss.

This new production, based on interviews with active duty soldiers of the German Bundeswehr used three actors interchangeably to play all the roles, thus raising the question of who is the victim/perpetrator/witness. The music was interpreted by the Meiningen Court Orchestra who gamely agreed to being placed in the auditorium, surrounded by the audience, creating a unique and haunting sonic experience that served to magnify the dramatic weight of the piece.