Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992)

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Released:
1992-01-01

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.

Director:
Alfredo Arias

Runtime:
2h 28min

Genre:
Music

  • Cast:
  • Jerry Hadley
    as
    Tom Rakewell
  • Dawn Upshaw
    as
    Ann
  • Samuel Ramey
    as
    Nick Shadow
  • Victoria Vergara
    as
    Baba the Turk
  • John Macurdy
    as
    Trulove