Santa Barbara Music Academy of the West Opera at the Granada

Stravinsky the Rake's Progress

Friday August 3, 7:30 pm

Sunday August 5, 2:30 pm

Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Alexander Lazarev conductor

David Paul director

“Both harrowing and uplifting…

no opera could be more timely” – New Statesman

Regarded as a masterpiece of 20th century opera, Igor Stravinsky’s 

virtuosic comedy, with libretto by poet W.H. Auden, was

inspired by William Hogarth’s satirical engravings of the same

 title. The Rake’s Progress is a morality tale tracing the rise and 

fall of Tom Rakewell, the devotion of Ann Trulove, and the 

devilish maneuverings of Nick Shadow. In this “ingenious 

and subtly complex masterpiece” (Anthony Tommasini, The New 

York Times) the orchestra, performing Stravinsky’s scintillating 

score, plays a starring role. Acclaimed Russian conductor 

Alexander Lazarev, former artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater, 

garnered rave reviews in 2007 when he conducted Rake at the 

Opéra National de Lyon. Juilliard’s David Paul is mounting a new 

production for the Music Academy’s 65th anniversary.

The Rake’s Progress is the 2012 Irene Cummings Endowed Opera 

at the Music Academy of the West.

Tickets start at $10.  

Available at Granada Theater 805 899-2222

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