L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz “is the Faustian story of a young soldier who sells his soul to the Devil in return for infinite wealth.”

Perhaps then, it’s no coincidence that it was created by Stravinsky, alongside writer Ramuz, in a Switzerland surrounded by the ravages of World War I.

First time I’ve listened to the Stravinsky’s music theatre piece, The Soldier’s Tale, was in Campos do Jordão Music Festival, in Brazil. It was in 2004. John Neschling was the music director and the Narrator. I have never seen anything as extraordinary as this - so far.

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I’m so glad to announce the new layout of my page, developed by my dear hubby Guilherme.

The name Far Down the Rabbit Hole is the name of the blog section, inspired in the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, wrote by an English author, mathematician, logician, photographer and Anglican clergyman, Lewis Carroll.

Like Alice struggling to find her way through a disconcerting world, the blog’s purpose is to go far down the rabbit hole and explore my own life experiences. To share my own world, never stable, always slipping into something else.

Alice - “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

The Cat - “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”

My hubby gave me a book this week, about Maysa. Unfortunatelly the book is not yet for sale at Amazon.com. The only way to get in touch with the story is buying the book at a brazilian book store, like Livraria Culturaand read it in portuguese.

Maysa was a brazilian singer and composer from the 50’s, already dead. I spent the last two days reading this marvelous book, totally immersed into her life’s story.
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