West Bay Opera: Rake's Progress

50th Season
2005–2006

The Rake’s Progress
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
after the engravings by William Hogarth

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first performed September 11, 1951, at Teatro la Fenice, Venice
West Bay Opera première

Five Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in English with English supertitles) Conductor: Mary Chun Stage Director: Jonathon Field

Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 28, 2006 at 2:00 PM

Friday, June 2, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, June 3, 2006 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 4, 2006 at 2:00 PM

	The Program (meet the cast & crew)
	Synopsis
	Costume Sketches
	Set Model
	Poster (by Nina Ollikainen)
	Performance Pictures

Reviews

Rake updated in West Bay’s Final (The Milpitas Post, June 1, 2006)
The Rake’s Progress (The Richter Scale, June 1, 2006)
A work of Art (The Palo Alto Weekly, June 2, 2006)
The Rake Triumphant (San Francisco Classical Voice, June 3, 2006)
A Clean Sweep (MetroActive, June 7, 2006)

A Faustian fable, in which the ambitious Tom Rakewell forsakes his devoted Anne Trulove and bargains with Mephisto-like Nick Shadow for a life of riches and pleasure. Inspired mainly by the drawings of Hogarth and the music of his time, Stravinsky’s score pays homage to classic traditions of 18th century opera.

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