The Rake's Progress - Norwegian National Opera & Ballet (2024)
A machine that turns stones into bread, a bearded lady, a mental hospital and love. This is a journey down a delightfully dark spiral into the mind of a Tom Rakewell. For Tom, the combination of being lackadaisical and greedy is dangerous; and he learns the hard way. He is madly in love with the kind-hearted Anne Trulove, but there’s a hitch – her father wants Tom to have a job, but Tom feels he is not cut out for a life of drudgery! Fortunately, the diabolical Nick Shadow shows up and announces an opportune money inheritance from an obscure uncle, so Tom goes to London in search of happiness… and meets madness on the way.
Director: Vidar Magnussen
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Thomas Atkins as Tom Rakewell |
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Mari Eriksmoen as Anne Trulove |
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Aleksander Nohr as Baba |
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Jens-Erik Aasbø as Trulove |
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Eirik Grøtvedt as Sellem |
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Astrid Nordstad as Mother Goose |
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Peter Willcock as Keeper of the Madhouse |
| Sound | Igor Stravinsky | Music |
| Directing | Vidar Magnussen | Director |
