Soviet Sounds

By Richard Mineards   |   November 22, 2018
Don Gilman, maestro Nir Kabaretti, Kevin Marvin, Jonathan Fox, Christopher Lloyd, and William Soleau (photo by Priscilla)

A tony triumvirate of talent came together as one for the Santa Barbara Symphony’s back-to-back Igor Stravinsky fest at the Granada, with the performers including the State Street Ballet and members of the Ensemble Theatre.

Montecito Emmy-winning actor Christopher Lloyd narrated the Faustian story of The Soldier’s Tale with Ensemble regular Jamie Torcellini as the devil and Nick Ballard as the soldier, with the ballet company’s members Leila Drake, James Folsom, and Cecily MacDougall as admirable supports with William Soleau‘s choreography, Jonathan Fox‘s stage direction and maestro Nir Kabaretti‘s conducting of the talented septet.

The delightfully entertaining show wrapped with the pagan ballet, The Rite of Spring, one of the most influential musical works of the 20th century, which the Russian composer wrote in 1911 after finishing The Firebird.

Stephen Erickson, William Soleau, and Brooks Firestone, with Rite of Spring selection sponsors Barbara Burger and Paul Munch (photo by Priscilla)
SBS selection sponsors for upcoming “Pictures at an Exhibition” are Christopher Lancashire and Catherine Gee, Mary Tonetti Dorra, Howard Jay Smith, Tricia Dixon, and Kate Kurlas (photo by Priscilla)
Michelle Richardson, Nina Phillips, Kevin Marvin, and Kathryn Martin (photo by Priscilla)
Blaine Inafuku, SBS director of Artistic Administration, and Jamie Torcellini, who played the devil in Rite of Spring (photo by Priscilla)
 

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