Two Tickets Ctr Mezz to BLO's production of Rake's Progress on Friday March 17th at 7pm at Emerson College's Cutler Majestic Theatre

THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Music by Igor Stravinsky

Libretto by W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman

Sung in English with English surtitles.

In a surreal battle of temptation, Tom Rakewell abandons his suburban life to cavort in the pleasures of "sin city" with a devilish valet at his side. But can he find his way back to the virtuous Anne Trulove - and his sanity - before all is lost? With influences of Mozart and the Faust myth, Stravinsky's opera blurs the lines between the 18th and 20th centuries with witty and wicked insight.

A.R.T. Resident Director Allegra Libonati helms this quintessential cautionary tale with David Angus conducting. The Rake's Progress features Ben Bliss, recipient of Lincoln Center's 2016 Emerging Artist award, making his BLO debut in the lead role, Kevin Burdette (acclaimed for Leporello in 2015's Don Giovanni), Anya Matanovic, Heather Johnson, Yury Yanowsky, and a star turn by soprano Jane Eaglen as Mother Goose.

Now in its 40th season, BLO is the largest and longest-lived opera company in New England, with a mission to build curiosity, enthusiasm and support for opera by creating musically and theatrically compelling productions, events, and educational resources for the Boston community and beyond.

https://blo.org/the-rakes-progress/