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The Rake's Progress | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonUpdating an opera to the time and place of composition is a common Âdirectorial practice, if sometimes a dangerous one. Set in 18th-century London, Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress was written in ÂHollywood in the 1940s: ÂRobert ÂLepage's Âproduction Âreinvents it as an allegory of the perils of stardom, with overtones of such films as Sunset Boulevard and A Star Is Born. Lepage's argument is that the opera Âreflects Stravinsky's awareness of the dis...

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22:45 on January 25 2010

The Rake's Progress | Opera review

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, LondonUpdating an opera to the time and place of composition is a common Âdirectorial practice, if sometimes a dangerous one. Set in 18th-century Lo... more info

Sunset Boulevard

22:45 on January 25 2010

The Rake's Progress | Opera review

Royal Opera House, LondonUpdating an opera to the time and place of composition is a common Âdirectorial practice, if sometimes a dangerous one. Set in 18th-century Lo... more info

Sunset Boulevard