Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992)

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992)

1992-01-01 148 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Jerry Hadley is Tom Rakewell
Tom Rakewell
Samuel Ramey is Nick Shadow
Nick Shadow
Victoria Vergara is Baba the Turk
Baba the Turk
John Macurdy is Trulove
Joan Khara is Mother Goose
Mother Goose
Kent Nagano is Conductor
Conductor