The Rake's Progress – review

Theatre Royal, GlasgowDavid McVicar's return to Scottish Opera also marks the fulfilment of his long-held ambition to stage The Rake's Progress. The attraction is understandable: Stravinsky's acerbic, Hogarthian parable about money and corruption mixes tradition with transgression, which also form the basis of McVicar's directorial style.Most recent productions have relocated the work to the late 20th century. McVicar, however, retains the 18th-century setting and pointedly emphasises Stravinsky...

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