Performer: Elizabeth Reiter

A largely newly cast revival of The Rake's Progress takes a while to catch fire, but when it does the results are devilishly good.

Paula Murrihy's role debut in Frankfurt not only proves to be infatuating, but also irresistibly cool.

Twenty-eight immobile cast members faced the audience from the long white bench which comprised the totality of Katrin Lea Tag’s bare set. Meanwhile, a floor-level, period instrument orchestra delivered the attention-grabbing, minor key Overture to Purcell's 1688 Dido and Aeneas.