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The Rake’s Progress, 26 October 1978
The Opera
Venue: Hippodrome, Birmingham
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Trulove: John Michael Flanagan
Anne: Susanna Ross
Tom Rakewell: Ian Caley
Nick Shadow: John Rawnsley
Mother Goose: Nuala Willis
Baba The Turk: Enid Hartle
Sellem: Nigel Robson
Madhouse Keeper: Phillip Bromley
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Set Designer: David Hockney
Costume Designer: David Hockney
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Revival Producer: Julian Hope
The Opera
Venue: Hippodrome, Birmingham
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Trulove: John Michael Flanagan
Anne: Susanna Ross
Tom Rakewell: Ian Caley
Nick Shadow: John Rawnsley
Mother Goose: Nuala Willis
Baba The Turk: Enid Hartle
Sellem: Nigel Robson
Madhouse Keeper: Phillip Bromley
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Set Designer: David Hockney
Costume Designer: David Hockney
Lighting Designer: Keith Benson
Revival Producer: Julian Hope