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Rites of Spring

BBC Radio 3
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Stravinsky saw Hogarth's celebrated engravings charting the Rake's Progress exhibited in Chicago in 1947. The scenes of a society corrupted by the pursuit of pleasure and money made a great impression on him, and he approached WH Auden for a libretto. Together with Chester Kallman , they produced a witty three-act opera, with a moral for all times.
Stravinsky The Rake's Progress
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

Contributors

Unknown:
Chester Kallman
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Anne:
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Tom Rakewell:
Barry Banks (tenor)
Trulove:
Philip Barry (bass)
Nick Shadow WILLIAM:
Shimell (baritone)
Mother Goose:
Susan Bickley (mezzo)
Baba the Turk:
Jane Henschel (contralto)
Sellem:
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Auctioneer:
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Actor:
Waddington Henry (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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