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Frederick Jones as Tom Rakewell and Nardus Williams as Anne Truelove in The Rake’s Progress
The Rake’s Progress — still delighting audiences after 46 years
★★★★☆
If any opera production stays in the repertoire for 46 years, and shows every sign of delighting
audiences for at least another 50, then it must have very special qualities. That’s certainly true of
John Cox’s 1975 staging of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, so splendidly designed by David
Hockney, and briefly back at Glyndebourne this week as part of its annual touring
programme. Touring to December 1; glyndebourne.com
Geoff Brown
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Opera North’s vibrant Bernstein double bill, with dance
★★★★☆
Many opera houses incorporate opera and ballet companies, yet it’s rare to see the two sharing
the same bill. That’s one reason to catch this programme, in which music written by Leonard
Bernstein in the 1950s is interpreted by Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre, both based in
Leeds. To October 30, then touring; operanorth.co.uk
