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The Rake's Progress
The Rake's Progress
theater tickets
Royal Opera House
Price
£38.50 - £152.90
Prices shown are a guide to standard adult prices generally available, including any applicable per ticket fees - other concessions may also be available.
Booking from
Mon, 14th July 2008
Booking to
Fri, 18th July 2008
NEW PRODUCTION
Co-production with Théâtre de La Monnaie, Brussels; Opéra National de Lyon, San Francisco Opera and Teatro Real, Madrid, in collaboration with Ex Machina, Québec Robert Lepage’s recent production of Stravinsky’s opera The Rake’s Progress takes The Royal Opera to Hollywood for its first Covent Garden appearance. Hogarth’s depiction of a young man’s dramatic seduction and corruption by a pleasure-loving society gains a new twist through celebrity culture in the Los Angeles world of movies and television. From star of the silver screen to bankruptcy and madness, it’s all part of an inevitable downward cycle for the ‘hero’ Tom Rakewell. Stravinsky’s opera is one of the most performed of all modern operas, not least for its fascinating mix of elements – 18th-century with a 20th-century twist – and will be one big operatic rollercoaster of a ride, not least with Thomas Adès conducting a cast lead by Charles Castronovo, Sally Matthews and John Relyea. Running time: 3 hours Sung in English with surtitles CREDITS Director Robert Lepage Composer Igor Stravinsky Associate Director Sybille Wilson Designs Carl Fillion Costume Designs Francois Barbeau Lighting Etienne Boucher Choreography Michael Keegan Dolan Video Boris Firquet PERFORMERS Conductor Thomas Adès Anne Trulove Sally Matthews Tom Rakewell Charles Castronovo Nick Shadow John Relyea Mother Goose Kathleen Wilkinson Baba the Turk Patricia Bardon Trulove Darren Jeffery Sellem Peter Hoare Peter Bronder The present theatre was built in 1858. During World War II it was used as a dance hall but after the war the decision was made to establish the Royal Opera House as the permanent year-round home of the opera and ballet companies now known as the Royal Opera and the Royal Ballet. The ballet company reopened the building on 20 February 1946 with The Sleeping Beauty. The two companies combined for Purcell's The Fairy Queen that December, and on 14 January 1947, Covent Garden Opera Company gave its first complete opera performance, Bizet's Carmen.
TRAVEL InfoNearest Rail: Charing Cross Nearest Tube: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line) |
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