The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: The Rake’s Progress
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Robert LePage’s production of The Rake’s Progress is currently at Covent Garden. The reviews seem mixed, Rupert Christiansen found the production dull, but Warwick Thompson found it magical. I should have liked to hear John Relyea sing Nick Shadow, as I found James Morris a bit boring in that role last year. Richard Morrison’s Review in the…
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December 4 2008- January 15 2009: Don CarloJanuary 16- February 3 2009: The Makropoulos CaseFebruary 5-25 2009: Tristan und IsoldeMarch 10-27 2009: AlcinaMarch 24- April 4 2009: I Due FoscariApril 7- May 10 2009: Il Viaggio a ReimsApril 24- May 17 2009: The Rake's ProgressMay 22- June 12 2009: Assassino nella CattedraleJune 6-17 2009: A…
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June 4- July 5 2008: L'incoronazione di DarioJune 7- July 4 2008: Così fan TutteJune 19- July 6 2008: The Rake's Progress Garsington Opera presents the British premiere of Vivaldi's L'incoronazione di Dario this summer, along with the works of Mozart and Stravinsky. 2008 Season | Official Site
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* Notes * The Rake’s Progress closed today with a Sunday matinée, and to my surprise, I attended, as I was offered a seat from a friend. This season I have avoided Sunday performances, as they are extraordinarily popular. Also, the last performances at the end of the year are crowded, after my experience with…
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Someone one pulled a fire alarm just a few minutes before yesterday’s performance of The Rake’s Progress was to begin, so we all had to file out and everything started half an hour late. This hasn’t happened in awhile, but I remember a rash of fire alarm pulling in 2005. Later, everyone laughed at the…
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* Notes * Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress opened yesterday in a co-production with Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Opéra de Lyon, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, and Teatro Real Madrid. The opera was taken from the 16th century into the 1950s, so taken from when Hogarth's paintings are set to when the opera was premiered. The…
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