(Credit: John Lauener)

Art of Time Ensemble has announced the creative and cast for “The Soldier’s Tale Retold.”

The production, which retells Stravinsky’s “L’Histoire du Soldat” with a new libretto by Titilopee Sonuga, will star Diego Matamoros as Devil, Wade Bogert-O’Brien as Devil understudy, Olaoluwa Fayokun as Soldier, and Ordena Stephens-Thompson as Narrator. Tawiah M’Carthy directs the production.

The opera will feature a seven-piece ensemble of musicians from The Glenn Gould School under the baton of Andrew Burashko.

“I believe in this project with all my heart. Re-envisioning Stravinsky’s score with a new narrative and staging that speaks directly to one of the most pressing social and political movements of today allows for new ownership, new authorship, and new audiences. It is an important and opportune moment for such creative and radical experimentation,” Burashko said in an official press statement.

The production will take the stage of the Harbourfront Centre Theatre on Oct. 24-27, 2024.