Seek to set him right
It was, at least, a jolly good show. Whether or not it actually suited Stravinsky’s music or Auden and Kallman’s text, is another question.
29 pieces since 2016 — in 10 roles, at 9 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
2 pieces as Tom Rakewell — stats above show all coverage for Ben Bliss.
View allIt was, at least, a jolly good show. Whether or not it actually suited Stravinsky’s music or Auden and Kallman’s text, is another question.
The opera The Rake’s Progress, as many people know already, was inspired by a series of engravings and paintings of the same name by William Hogarth, showing the decline of a young man into depravity and insanity.
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