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Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress (1992)

The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. Filmed in Aix-en-Provence, 1992.

Release: 1992-01-01
Runtime: 148 min
Cast
Jerry Hadley
Jerry Hadley
Tom Rakewell
Dawn Upshaw
Dawn Upshaw
Ann
Samuel Ramey
Samuel Ramey
Nick Shadow
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Victoria Vergara
Baba the Turk
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John Macurdy
Trulove
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Joan Khara
Mother Goose
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Steven Cole
Selem
Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
Conductor