Organization

Conductor

Robin Ticciati

Stage director

John Cox

Set designer

David Hockney

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Robert Bryan

Chorus master

Aidan Oliver

Singer

Soprano

Louise Alder

Anne Truelove

Tenor

Thomas Atkins

Tom Rakewell

Bass-baritone

Sam Carl

Nick Shadow

Contralto

Carole Wilson

Mother Goose

Mezzo-soprano

Alisa Kolosova

Baba the Turk

Rupert Charlesworth

Sellem

Bass

Alastair Miles

Father Truelove

Michael Ronan

Keeper of the Madhouse

Luke Murphy

Actor's

Philip Ticehurst

Stage combat master

Choreographer

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

Jack Ridley

English

The Rake's Progress

Lewes

United Kingdom

Glyndebourne Festival

Main Stage

Public

Approved

When the mysterious Nick Shadow appears at his door, Tom Rakewell immediately abandons country life and his sweetheart Anne for the temptations of the city. ...

The Rake's Progress | Festival 2023 trailer

When the mysterious Nick Shadow appears at his door, Tom Rakewell immediately abandons country life and his sweetheart Anne for the temptations of the city. But London’s glittering promise soon corrodes, and love, money and even sanity slip further and further from Tom’s grasp. Can true love save him, or will the Devil have the last laugh?

Hogarth’s famous sequence of paintings, charting one man’s path from pleasure to ruin, are the starting point for one of the most dazzlingly original works of the 20th century, a Mozart opera that has wandered into a musical hall of mirrors – at once elegant and anarchic. Comedy and tragedy are never far apart in this light-footed work that can break your heart with the broadest of smiles.

One of the great Glyndebourne classics, John Cox’s production returns to the Festival for the first time in a decade, bringing David Hockney’s much-loved designs to a new generation. Robin Ticciati conducts.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble