Les Franciscaines on Stage: The Soldier’s Tale - Lambert Wilson, Lemanic Modern Ensemble

Les Franciscaines - Deauville

Masterpiece by Igor Stravinsky and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, The Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du soldat) (1918) regains all its force in a version led by Lambert Wilson and the Lemanic Modern Ensemble. A show where music, theatre and storytelling respond to each other with striking modernity. Written just after the First World War, The Soldier’s Tale is a singular work that blends theatre, music and folk tale. Inspired by the Faust myth, it tells the fate of a soldier who trades his violin for the promise of a better future, risking losing his soul. For this new inter…