Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

0% | Jan 01, 1992 | Music

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.

Featured Cast

Alfredo Arias
Director

Cast

Tom Rakewell
Jerry Hadley
Tom Rakewell
Nick Shadow
Samuel Ramey
Nick Shadow
Baba the Turk
Victoria Vergara
Baba the Turk
Trulove
John Macurdy
Trulove

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