Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress
Thursday, February 28, 2019 at 7:30pm
Cahn Auditorium
Joachim Schamberger, director; Dean Williamson, conductor; Donald Nally, chorus master; Benjamin Firer, graduate assistant conductor; Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra; Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble
Premiered in Venice in 1951, Igor Stravinsky’s opera has a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman loosely based on the eight William Hogarth paintings and engravings titled A Rake’s Progress. Equal parts tragedy and farce, the tale follows the moral decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, who exchanges a simple life with sweetheart Anne Truelove for the worldly pleasures of London in the company of the devious Nick Shadow. Stravinsky’s score deftly blends elements of 18th- and 20th-century music in this story of love, madness, and bargains with the devil.
Tickets are $18 for the general public and $8 for students with valid ID.
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600 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208
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Cahn Auditorium is the largest performance space on campus, with more than 1,000 seats and an orchestra pit. The venue offers main floor and balcony seating. Larger Bienen School opera productions are held here.
Cahn Auditorium
Address
600 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
Cahn Auditorium is the largest performance space on campus, with more than 1,000 seats and an orchestra pit. The venue offers main floor and balcony seating. Larger Bienen School opera productions are held here.
Cahn Auditorium
Address
600 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
Cahn Auditorium is the largest performance space on campus, with more than 1,000 seats and an orchestra pit. The venue offers main floor and balcony seating. Larger Bienen School opera productions are held here.
Cahn Auditorium
Address
600 Emerson Street
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
About
Cahn Auditorium is the largest performance space on campus, with more than 1,000 seats and an orchestra pit. The venue offers main floor and balcony seating. Larger Bienen School opera productions are held here.