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

Southbank Sinfonia

Singers from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

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At Wilton’s Music Hall, a ghost light for Britten’s ghost story

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Vivaldis Il Giustino mit Jacobs und dem Freiburger Barockorchester

Jens Klier, 21st April

Jacobs, FBO und exzellenter Gesangscrew gelingt es als Ensemble im ureigensten Wortsinne, Atmosphäre und Figuren effektstark zu veranschaulichen.

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Susan Stempleski, 20th April

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Anna Netrebko glänzt in Wiens zeitloser Tosca

Laura Servidei, 18th April

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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