The Rake's Progress
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Libretto by W.H. Auden & Chester Kallman
Now through November 21st at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, BC
Since The Rake's Progress premiered in 1951, it has been considered a modern classic. Indeed, it might just be one...
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OK, before I go on and on about how much I'm looking forward to seeing Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress in Victoria next month, a quick word about the Seattle Opera's production of La Traviata. It's good; go see it. I'm not going to give it a full review, becaus...
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There are moments, looking at certain paintings from the Dutch Golden Age, when the enormous gap of time and space that separates their world from ours seems to melt away like a clearing fog. We sense in the light, the mood, the way of observing, and even the choice of subject matter somethi...
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