The Rake's Progress (1996)
Stravinsky
•
Classics, Music
In 1951, in Venice, Igor Stravinsky conducted the premiere of his only full-length opera The Rake’s Progress. He had conceived the idea for this work after visiting the Chicago Art Institute in 1947, where he came upon a series of eight satirical engravings of the same title, created by the English painter and copperplate engraver William Hogarth in 1735. On the recommendation of his neighbour Aldous Huxley, Stravinsky asked W. H. Auden to write an opera libretto for him, which was ready by late February 1948.
Peter Mussbach’s production, recorded for this DVD by Brian Large, was first performed at the 1996 Salzburg Festival. Sylvain Cambreling directed the choir of the Vienna State Opera and the Camerata Academica. The soloists included Jonathan Best (Trulove), Dawn Upshaw (Anne Trulove) and Jerry Hadley (Tom Rakewell).
Up Next in Stravinsky
-
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Sp...
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring); The Firebird by I. Stravinsky, from Mariinsky Theatre Ballet, 2008.Conductor Valery Gergiev, starring Ekaterina Kondaurova, Ilya Kuznetsov, Vladimir Ponomarev, Elena Bazhenova, Alexandra Iosifidi, Marianna Pavlova and Mariinsky Orchestravalery Gergiev.
-
The Rake's Progress (2010)
The Rake's Progress by I.Stravinsky, from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 2010. Directed by John Cox, conductor Vladimir Jurowski, starring Matthew Rose, Miah Persson and Topi Lehtipuu. Performed in English and subtitled in English.
-
Lucerne Festival performs Mozart, Deb...
The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig performs C. Debussy's "La mer" and I. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919 version). Pianist Martin Helmchen joins them to perform W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major (K. 453). Performed as part of the Lucerne Festival.
