What you loved about The Rake's Progress
Read a selection of audience and critics' reactions to The Rake's Progress.
Comedy and tragedy are never far apart in this light-footed work that can break your heart with the broadest of smiles.
Read what the critics and audience had to say…
Critics
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★★★★★
– The Stage
★★★★★
– MusicOMH
– The Times
– Financial Times
– Bachtrack
– London Unattached
Audience
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@glyndebourne Outstanding Rake’s Progress and Hockney himself is here!! Historic. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/MprkdmCkmA
— Victoria Robey (@VictoriaSHRobey) August 4, 2023
Premiere of #Rake’sProgress @glyndebourne @LPOrchestra . Hogarth-Stravinsky-Hockney, with an appearance from the latter at the end. Brilliant example of a work spanning centuries, and artists taking up the baton across different media 🎶 🎨 pic.twitter.com/2fG4aBhC3Z
— Diane Banks (@dianembanks) August 4, 2023
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The Rake's Progress
Photo gallery
Images from the Festival 2023 production of The Rake's Progress.
Image credits: The Rake’s Progress, Festival 2023. Photos by Richard Hubert Smith.