The Rake's Progress

  • Saturday JULY 5 7:30 PM
  • Thursday JULY 10 7:30 PM
  • Sunday JULY 13 2:00 PM
  • Friday JULY 18 7:30 PM
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The Rake's Progress

Inspired by William Hogarth’s famous series of paintings, Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress charts one man’s path from pleasure to ruin. When the mysterious Nick Shadow appears, Tom Rakewell abandons his sweetheart, Anne Trulove, and leaves behind his country life for the temptations of the city. But London’s glittering promise soon dissolves as love, money and sanity slip farther and farther from his grasp. Can true love save him, or will the devil get the last laugh?

The Rake’s Progress is surely one of the 20th century’s most dazzling and original works—as if a Mozart opera wandered into a hall of mirrors. Comedy and tragedy are never far apart in this light-hearted work that can break your heart with the broadest of smiles. Jonas Hacker, Joélle Harvey and Sam Carl lead the cast in a new production by director Chas Rader-Shieber and scenic and costume designer Robert Perdziola, featuring the festival debut of conductor Christopher Allen.

PERFORMANCES
Saturday, July 5 at 7:30pm
Thursday, July 10 at 7:30pm
Sunday, July 13 at 2:00pm
Friday, July 18 at 7:30pm

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MUSIC BY
Igor Stravinsky

LIBRETTO BY
W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman

PREMIERED
September 11, 1951
Teatre La Fenice, Venice

SUNG IN
English (with English supertitles)

ESTIMATED RUN TIME
2 hours, 50 minutes (includes one 20-minute intermission)

PREVIOUS PRODUCTIONS
1975, 2006

The Artists

Jonas Hacker Tom Rakewell
Joélle Harvey Anne Trulove
Sam Carl Nick Shadow
Vivica Genaux Baba the Turk
Christopher Allen Conductor
Chas Rader-Shieber Stage Director
Robert Perdziola Scenic and Costume Designer