I’m still thinking about John Cox’s <em>The Rake’s Progress</em> I’m still thinking about John Cox’s <em>The Rake’s Progress</em>

I came to The Rake’s Progress with a huge “Show Me” chip on my shoulder.

By Peter Russell November 03, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Let me live by my wits and Trost to my luck Let me live by my wits and Trost to my luck

I finally get to complete my personal operatic Top Ten this week with Igor Stravinsky’s only full-length opera, The Rake’s Progress. 

By June 12, 2017 at 6:02 PM
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Rake, no progress

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met includes not only unreleased video performances on DVD but also live radio broadcasts on CD.  This performance is one of the latter,  originally heard April 19, 2003. The Rake’s Progress has one of the greatest operatic pedigrees of all time.  It was inspired by a series of…

By August 27, 2010 at 10:02 AM
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