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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.
- 11 September 1951, Teatro La Fenice, Venice
A Rake's Progress (or The Rake's Progress) is a series of eight paintings by 18th-century English artist William Hogarth. The canvases were produced in 1732–1734, then engraved in 1734 and published in print form in 1735.
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Synopsis: The Rake's Progress Select a language to update the synopsis text. Composer. Igor Stravinsky. Librettist. W.H. Auden, Chester Kallman. Sung In. English ...
One of the 20th century’s most celebrated musical achievements, The Rake’s Progress draws inspiration from a series of paintings and engravings by William Hogarth. Stravinsky created the opera during the neoclassical phase of his career, building the score around stylistic references to the work of earlier composers while also maintaining a ...
The Rake's Progress. Buy Tickets. Share. James Levine leads a great cast in Stravinsky’s powerful tale of a young man’s fall. Paul Groves is Tom Rakewell, who leaves a life in the country and the faithful Anne Trulove (Dawn Upshaw) for the temptations of London—seduced by the sinister Nick Shadow (Samuel Ramey), better known as the devil.
…Stravinsky’s full-length opera in English, The Rake’s Progress (1951; libretto by the poets W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman, after William Hogarth’s engravings), a neoclassical austere and compassionate work.
