Devilishly good fun: The Rake's Progress

Von Benjamin Poore, 18 November 2017

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“Jonathan Lemalu's Nick Shadow ran the risk of stealing not only Tom’s soul but the whole show”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wilton's Music Hall, London, am 17 November 2017

Strawinsky, The Rake's Progress

OperaGlass Works

Laurence Cummings, Musikalische Leitung

Selina Cadell, Regie

Tom Piper, Bühnenbild

Rosalind Ebbutt, Kostüme

Robert Murray, Tom Rakewell

Susanna Hurrell, Anne Trulove

Jonathan Lemalu, Nick Shadow

Victoria Simmonds, die Türkenbab

Harry Nicoll, Sellem

Penelope Cousland, Mutter Gans

Stephen Richardson, Trulove

Sinfonia Smith Square

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Benjamin Poore

Benjamin Poore is a writer and critic. His book on psychoanalysis and literature is forthcoming in 2019. He has previously written about literature and culture for the Independent, the Times Literary Supplement, and Times Higher Education. In his spare time he tries to sing Schubert; he has a very patient teacher.

Devilishly good fun at OperaGlass Works' The Rake's Progress