Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress: Vienna State Opera (1996)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 37min
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- Synopsis:
When this Salzburg Festival production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress hit the stage in 1996, the reviews in the British press were red hot. Unfortunately Peter Mussbach's staging, though it has moments of theatrical flair, doesn't translate smoothly to the small screen in this live recording: his grand visual metaphors - an aeroplane that never takes off and stage-hands in anti-Enlightenment monkey costumes - look somewhat pinched. But Sylvain Cambreling's pacy conducting and the central performances come across with 1,000-watt energy. Dawn Upshaw is outstanding as Anne Trulove, bringing as much careful detail to her acting as she does brilliance to her vocal technique; and her performance of the Act I aria and cabaletta, "No word from Tom...I go, I go to him", must rank among the best ever recorded. Jerry Hadley, dressed as a mullet-haired "yoof" in heavy-metal T-shirt and jeans, doesn't quite have the clarity and vocal agility of, say, Philip Langridge as Tom Rakewell, but the amusing yobbishness of his acting suits his louder redder-blooded performance beautifully. Rich-voiced Jane Henschel is hilarious as Baba the Turk, and uses her large frame with dainty, tippy-toe comic effect. - Actors:
- Jonathan Best, Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw, Monte Pederson, Linda Ormiston, Jane Henschel, Barry Banks
- Directors:
- Brian Large
- Studio:
- Arthaus Musik
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama, Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Austria
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