For The Rake's Progress, Stravinsky joined forces with WH Auden to create a very modern morality tale from the seedy underbelly of Hogarth's London. Tom Rakewell is a single man in possession of a good fortune, and we all know how that ends... don't we? It's outrageous, uproarious and laced with pitch-black humour, but professional stagings are still relatively rare.T2131760810With Vladimir Jurowski conducting an unbeatable cast, this one-off concert performance makes you an offer you'd be mad to refuse...Company London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Performer Allan Clayton (tenor - Tom Rakewell). Performer Miah Persson (soprano - anne Trulove). Performer Matthew Rose (baritone - Nick Shadow). Performer Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano - Baba the Turk). Performer clive Bayley (bass - Father Trulove). Performer Kim Begley (tenor - Sellem). Performer Marie Mclaughlin (contralto - Mother Goose). Company London Voices. | |
| 3 Nov 18 | Southbank Centre, West End :: V423 listing details L1050233628 |
