Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1992
• Runtime
• 148 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Alfredo Arias

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress — Cast

Jerry Hadley Tom Rakewell Dawn Upshaw Ann Samuel Ramey Nick Shadow

V

Victoria Vergara Baba the Turk

J

John Macurdy Trulove

J

Joan Khara Mother Goose

S

Steven Cole Selem Kent Nagano Conductor