Organization

The Grange Festival

Conductor

Tom Primrose

Stage director

Antony McDonald

Set designer

Choreographer

Lucy Burge

Lighting designer

Wolfgang Goebbel

Singer

Tenor

Adam Temple-Smith

Tom Rakewell

Soprano

Alexandra Oomens

Anne Truelove

Bass-baritone

Michael Mofidian

Nick Shadow

Mezzo-soprano

Rosie Aldridge

Baba the Turk

Bass

Darren Jeffrey

Father Truelove

John Graham-Hall

Sellem

Contralto

Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Mother Goose

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

English

The Rake’s Progress

Northington-Alresford

United Kingdom

The Grange

Public

The Rake's Progress

Approved

“For idle hearts and hands and minds the Devil finds work to do”. Igor Stravinsky saw William Hogarth’s set of eight 18th century paintings and engravings of London life and created a groundbreaking opera on them. WH Auden’s poetic English libretto resonates with the speech and danger of those London streets. The Rake’s Progress is a devastating morality play, packed with wit, satire, high comedy, and tragedy. It dances on a pin of laughter and ridicule. Stravinsky’s score is a modern Mozart opera, infused with delicious parody and celebration of the earlier genius’ music. This new production will be created by the celebrated prize-winning director/designer Antony McDonald. Tom Primrose, our 2023 chorus master, conducts. The cast is a roll-call of British stars. Emerging tenor Adam Temple Smith and Alexandra Oomens, critically praised as Euridice and Belinda in our 2023 Double Bill, sing the young lovers Tom Rakewell and Anne Trulove. Scottish/Iranian bass-baritone Michael Mofidian is Nick Shadow; Rosie Aldridge Baba the Turk, Catherine Wyn-Rogers Mother Goose and John Graham Hall the Auctioneer, Sellem. Tears of laughter and sadness will flow in equal measure.

PRODUCTION TEAM
Tom Primrose
CONDUCTOR
Antony McDonald
DIRECTOR/DESIGNER
Lucy Burge
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR
Wolfgang Goebbel
LIGHTING DESIGNER

CAST
Adam Temple-Smith
TOM RAKEWELL
Alexandra Oomens
ANNE TRULOVE
Michael Mofidian
NICK SHADOW
Rosie Aldridge
BABA THE TURK
Darren Jeffrey
FATHER TRULOVE
John Graham Hall
SELLEM
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
MOTHER GOOSE
Casting TBA
KEEPER OF THE MADHOUSE

The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky, From (2024/2024), Directed by Antony McDonald,, Conductor Tom Primrose, The Grange, Northington-Alresford, United Kingdom

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