Musical to be staged next weekend to mark Vietnam-Switzerland ties
“L’Histoire du soldat” (the Soldier’s Tale), a classic musical by French-Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, will be staged in Hanoi next weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Switzerland diplomatic ties (1971-2021).
L’Histoire du soldat” (the Soldier’s Tale) will be staged in Hanoi next weekend. (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – “L’Histoire du soldat” (theSoldier’s Tale), a classic musical by French-Russian composer Igor Stravinskyand Swiss writer Charles Ferdinand Ramuz, will be staged in Hanoi next weekendto celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam-Switzerland diplomatic ties(1971-2021).
Directed by Marcelino Martin Valiente from France andconducted by Honna Tetsuji from Japan, the musical will be performed by musiciansfrom the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra and actors from the ATH Drama andArts Space in Hanoi’s L’Espace on April 16 – 17, a press conference in Hanoiheard.
According to Director Valiente, the musical was acomplicated and challenging project for him as he could not join other artistsin the production in Vietnam but his directing had to be done virtually due toimpacts of COVID-19. The premiere in Vietnam has also been postponed fromOctober last year because of the pandemic, he said in a virtual remark at theevent.
Launched 1918, the theatre work was composed for sevenmusicians and three reciters. It tells a story about a soldiers who chancesupon a devil on the way home from war. The devil offers to buy his violin andin return give him a future-telling book which can make him the richest man inthe world. But as the story goes on, the soldier only finds himself the mostmiserable as he lost the violin, his most valuable asset.
The musical features a sophisticated combination ofmultiple arts, from classical music, jazz, DJ, theatre to visual arts, thedirector said./.
VNA
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