An opera in nine scenes and an epilogue
A fable by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman
Music by Igor Stravinsky servants, whores and roaring boys citizens, madmen
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Peter Gellhorn )
Roval Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins )
Bryan Balkwill (harpsichord)
CONDUCTED BY PAUL SACHER Chief coach, Jani Strasser
Producer, Carl Ebert
PART I
Scene 1: The garden of Trulove's house in the country. Spring afternoon
Scene 2: Mother Goose's brothel, London.
Summer
Scene 3: The garden of Trulove's house.
Autumn
Scene 4: The morning-room of Rakewell's house in London. Autumn morning
Scene 5: The street before Rakewell's house.
Autumn dusk
Arthur Jacobs writes on page 5