Details

A cautionary tale for us all, The Rake's Progress follows the fortunes of work-shy Tom. Under the influence of the dastardly Nick Shadow, he sets off on a journey of hedonistic self-indulgence that can only lead to ruin! Inspired by the famous etchings by Hogarth.

Cast/Performers

Simon Wilding, Anna Clare Monk, Stephen Rooke, James Rutherford, Rebecca Gale, Carol Rowlands, Andrew Morris, William Townend

Creatives/Company

Music: Stravinsky
Lyrics: W H Auden
Company: English Touring Opera
Conductor(s): Andrew Greenwood, Brett Morris
Director: Robert Chevara
Design: Emma Cattell
Lighting: Adam Silverman

The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress (Opera or Operetta) production archive for QTIX code T0109538075. Details of all The Rake's Progress archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01136587651

Archive Listings

28 Nov 00	Theatre Royal York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
24 Nov 00	Wycombe Swan High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Nov 00 to 22 Nov 00	Grand Theatre Wolverhampton, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
15 Nov 00 to 17 Nov 00	Theatre Royal Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive
25 Oct 00 to 27 Oct 00	Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, Kent Performance Details => Venue archive
19 Oct 00 to 21 Oct 00	Richmond Theatre Outer London, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
25 May 00	Peacock Theatre West End, Greater London Performance Details => Venue archive
16 May 00	Guild Hall and Charter Theatre Preston, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive
9 May 00	The Hawth Crawley, West Sussex Performance Details => Venue archive
3 May 00 to 5 May 00	Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Performance Details => Venue archive
11 Apr 00	Octagon Theatre Yeovil, Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Apr 00 to 7 Apr 00	Northcott Theatre Exeter, Devon Performance Details => Venue archive
31 Mar 00	Lighthouse (previously known as Poole Arts Centre) Poole, Dorset Performance Details => Venue archive
28 Mar 00	Hall for Cornwall Truro, Cornwall Performance Details => Venue archive
17 Mar 00	The Hexagon Reading, Berkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
10 Mar 00	Ipswich Regent Ipswich, Suffolk Performance Details => Venue archive
7 Mar 00	Lyceum Theatre Crewe, Cheshire Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Feb 00 to 3 Mar 00	Arts Theatre Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

Financial Times: 11Jan01:
The music was the strong side of The Rake s Progress. ETO has discovered a bass-baritone of notable promise in the young [James Rutherford]. Here is a voice that seems free from technical limitations; and Rutherford really knows how to sing an English text. [Robert Chevara] s production did the usual things with less than the usual flair.

The Times: 11Jan01:
The new production is of interest purely for its musical standards, which are very high indeed. [James Rutherford] is one of the most remarkable male talents to have emerged here since, well, probably [Bryn Terfel]. His Nick Shadow was sung gloriously richly. Much of this boringly designed show seemed hardly to have been directed at all.

User Reviews

Financial Times (11Jan01): The music was the strong side of The Rake s Progress. ETO has discovered a bass-baritone of notable promise in the young [James Rutherford]. Here is a voice that seems free from technical limitations; and Rutherford really knows how to sing an English text. [Robert Chevara] s production did the usual things with less than the usual flair.

The Times (11Jan01): The new production is of interest purely for its musical standards, which are very high indeed. [James Rutherford] is one of the most remarkable male talents to have emerged here since, well, probably [Bryn Terfel]. His Nick Shadow was sung gloriously richly. Much of this boringly designed show seemed hardly to have been directed at all.

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