SAN FRANCISCO — In his list of works, Stravinsky’s short fairy-tale opera, “The Nightingale” (“Le Rossignol”), follows almost directly on the heels of his great string of early Russian ballets. With ...
In doing The Rake’s Progress of Igor Stravinsky, the New York City Opera tried its hand at a classic of musical modernism. Despite an unsuitable set design and a less than stellar musical execution, ...
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Actors portray Anne Trulove and Tom Rakewell in the final scene of a Portland Opera performance of the David Hockney Production of Stravinsky's 'The Rake's Progress.' Pittsburgh Opera Music Director ...
Today’s opera quiz: Which two major opera librettos feature ladies with beards? Angelenos should require no clues because by curious coincidence both found their way to local stages Saturday night.
Etc.: Through Saturday, the CU Art Museum hosts an exhibit featuring the “Rake’s Progress” prints of Hockney and Hogarth . . . A conference about “The Rake’s Progress” is set for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday ...
Stephanie Blythe as Baba the Turk in Stravinksky’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’ (all photos by Marty Sohl and courtesy of Metropolitan Opera) Clouds, shadows, and other hazy mirrors of the soul have long led ...
It was an art exhibition that inspired it — in May 1947, composer Igor Stravinsky attended a Chicago showing of a series of 18th-century engravings by William Hogarth titled “A Rake’s Progress.” Later ...
University opera programs tend to shy away from Igor Stravinsky's "The Rake's Progress," which makes it all the more appealing to the LSU Opera. The music is challenging and in demand among individual ...
Tom Rakewell is a merchant's son who finds out he has inherited a vast sum of money from an uncle in London. He sets off for the big city, leaving behind his beloved Anne Trulove, with a promise to ...
When most people think of Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) they think of harsh rhythms and screeching strings in “The Rite of Spring,” alongside the infamous riot at its Parisian premiere brought on by the ...