Synopsis
The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. Filmed in Aix-en-Provence, 1992.
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Key crew
- Alfredo AriasDirector
Cast
- Jerry HadleyTom Rakewell
- Dawn UpshawAnn
- Samuel RameyNick Shadow
- Victoria VergaraBaba the Turk
- John MacurdyTrulove
- Joan KharaMother Goose
- Steven ColeSelem
- Kent NaganoConductor
Themes
opera