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The Rake’s Progress, 27 November 1980
The Opera
Venue: Grand Theatre de Nancy
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Trulove: Roger Bryson
Anne: Helen Walker
Tom Rakewell: Grant Shelley
Nick Shadow: John Pringle
Mother Goose: Christine Batty
Baba The Turk: Mary King
Sellem: John Fryatt
Madhouse Keeper: Brendan Wheatley
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Set Designer: David Hockney
Costume Designer: David Hockney
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
Revival Producer: Julian Hope
The Opera
Venue: Grand Theatre de Nancy
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Librettist: WH Auden & Chester Kallman
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Cast
Trulove: Roger Bryson
Anne: Helen Walker
Tom Rakewell: Grant Shelley
Nick Shadow: John Pringle
Mother Goose: Christine Batty
Baba The Turk: Mary King
Sellem: John Fryatt
Madhouse Keeper: Brendan Wheatley
Production Team
Original Producer: John Cox
Set Designer: David Hockney
Costume Designer: David Hockney
Lighting Designer: Robert Bryan
Revival Producer: Julian Hope