The three days spent with the Devil will prove to be three years. This gap between the time consented to and the time that actually elapses carries…
A few months before the end of the Great War, The Soldier's Tale sounds like a terrible warning about the price to be paid by those who renounce.…
This marvelous tale draws on a Russian folk story with Faustian overtones. The reduced forces and itinerant form make it a work designed to circulate…
The three days spent with the Devil will prove to be three years. This gap between the time consented to and the time that actually elapses carries the work's warning, a few months before the end of the Great War: renounce something for a price, and that price is paid over time.
A few months before the end of the Great War, The Soldier's Tale sounds like a terrible warning about the price to be paid by those who renounce. Conceived in a wartime economy, the piece is scored for seven instrumentalists and three actors, with the intention that it could be performed anywhere, including at the front.
This marvelous tale draws on a Russian folk story with Faustian overtones. The reduced forces and itinerant form make it a work designed to circulate despite the constraints of the conflict, rather than for a fixed hall.