IGORFEST: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
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City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
IGORFEST: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
Wednesday 5th December at 7.30pm
Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
http://www.cbso.co.uk
Box Office: +44 (0)121-780 3
IGORFEST: THE RAKE’S PROGRESS
Wednesday 5 December, 7.30pm
Jac van Steen – conductor
Ed Lyon – Tom Rakewell
Claire Booth – Anne Trulove
James Rutherford – Nick Shadow
Susan Bickley – Baba the Turk / Mother Goose
Christopher Gillett – Sellem
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus – Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress 140’
Our ground-breaking four-year journey through Stravinsky’s complete works reaches a major milestone with his only full-length opera.
The Rake’s Progress – composed in 1951 to a libretto by his greatcollaborator W H Auden, and Chester Kallman – is a witty retelling of the Faust legend inspired by Hogarth’s famous series of paintings. The setting in 18th-century London allowed Stravinsky to indulge his passion for neo-classical pastiche, and so the opera is a 20th-century take on the Mozart operas which he adored. Dutch conductor Jac van Steen is joined by a distinguished British cast for this very modern morality tale. Sung in the original English.
