The Rake's Progress
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Wystan Hugh Auden und Chester Kallman
Premiere
11 September 1951, Venice (La Fenice)
Cast
TRULOVE (bass)
ANNE TRULOVE (soprano)
TOM RAKEWELL (tenor)
NICK SHADOW (baritone)
MOTHER GOOSE (mezzo-soprano)
BABA THE TURK (mezzo-soprano)
SELLEM (tenor)
KEEPER OF THE MADHOUSE (bass)
CHORUS
whores, roaring boys, servants, citizens, madmen
Place
England
Time
18th century