Royal Academy of Music: Sir Jack Lyons TheatreMarylebone Road, London, Greater London, NW1 5HT, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Programme
| Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) | The Rake's Progress | Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman |
Performers
| Royal Academy Opera | |||
| Dame Jane Glover | Conductor | ||
| John Ramster | Director | ||
| Adrian Linford | Set Designer | ||
| Victoria Newlyn | Choreography | ||
| Bradley Smith | Tenor | Tom Rakewell | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Richard Dowling | Tenor | Tom Rakewell | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Rhiannon Llewelllyn | Soprano | Anne Trulove | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Emily Vine | Soprano | Anne Trulove | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Božidar Smiljanić | Bass-baritone | Nick Shadow | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Alistair Ollerenshaw | Bass | Nick Shadow | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Claire Barnett-Jones | Mezzo-soprano | Baba the Turk | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Angharad Lyddon | Mezzo-soprano | Baba the Turk | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Katherine Aitken | Mezzo-soprano | Mother Goose | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Laura Zigmintaitė | Mezzo-soprano | Mother Goose | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Gwilym Bowen | Tenor | Sellem | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Oliver Johnston | Tenor | Sellem | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Ed Ballard | Baritone | Keeper of the madhouse | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Henry Neill | Baritone | Keeper of the madhouse | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
| Lancelot Nomura | Bass | Trulove | 2015 Mar 12, 16 |
| Tristan Hambleton | Bass | Trulove | 2015 Mar 13, 17 |
Royal Academy Opera presents the last great work from Stravinsky’s neo-classical period, The Rake’s Progress, premiered in 1951 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. The ingenious libretto is by WH Auden, and based on the celebrated set of etchings by William Hogarth. Tom Rakewell, suddenly possessed of an unexpected and substantial legacy, spends it on a life of luxury, prostitutes and gambling, and he ends up in the madhouse, Bedlam.
This production is led by Royal Academy Opera’s home team: directed by Resident Producer John Ramster and conducted by Director of Opera Jane Glover.
