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The first recording of Kurt Vonnegut's libretto! Vonnegut's libretto is loosely based on The Execution of Private Slovik, a nonfiction book by William Bradford Huie published in 1954. The resulting version is a highly controversial yet entertaining fusion of Stravinsky's music and the edgy, abrupt Vonnegut text. This is an American soldier's tale that doesn't have a happy ending. In the Vonnegut libretto there are four spoken roles, that of the General (narrator), Private Slovik, a Red Cross Nurse, and a Military Policemen. The work has only been performed a few times and an international copyright dispute, just settled in 2006, limited performances even further.