The Rake’s Progress
‘Tis not your money but your soul which I require…’
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About the opera
When the mysterious Nick Shadow appears at his door, Tom Rakewell immediately abandons country life and his sweetheart Anne for the temptations of the city. But London’s glittering promise soon corrodes, and love, money and even sanity slip further and further from Tom’s grasp. Can true love save him, or will the Devil have the last laugh?
Hogarth’s famous sequence of paintings, charting one man’s path from pleasure to ruin, are the starting point for one of the most dazzlingly original works of the 20th century, a Mozart opera that has wandered into a musical hall of mirrors – at once elegant and anarchic. Comedy and tragedy are never far apart in this light-footed work that can break your heart with the broadest of smiles.
One of the great Glyndebourne classics, John Cox’s production returns to the Festival for the first time in a decade, bringing David Hockney’s much-loved designs to a new generation. Robin Ticciati conducts.
A revival of the Festival 1975 production. Sung in English with supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
Robin Ticciati
Jack Ridley (10 August)
Director
John Cox
Designer
David Hockney
Lighting Designer
Robert Bryan
Fight/Movement Consultant
Luke Murphy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Leader
Alice Ivy-Pemberton
Harpsichord
Matthew Fletcher
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director
Aidan Oliver
Assistant Conductor
Jack Ridley
Music Preparation
Matthew Fletcher
Ben-San Lau
Steven Maughan
Assistant Directors
Ptolemy Christie
Donna Stirrup
Cast includes
Anne Trulove
Louise Alder
Tom Rakewell
Thomas Atkins
Father Trulove
Alastair Miles
Nick Shadow
Sam Carl
Mother Goose
Carole Wilson
Baba the Turk
Alisa Kolosova
Sellem
Rupert Charlesworth
Keeper of the Madhouse
Michael Ronan*+
Performers
Luke Murphy
Andrew Hayler
Philip Ticehurst
Adrian Bowd
* Soloist from The Glyndebourne Chorus
+ Jerwood Young Artist 2023
Photos
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Illustration © Katie Ponder