The Rake's Progress - Norwegian National Opera & Ballet 2024 Directed by Vidar Magnussen
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.
Cast
Thomas Atkins
Tom Rakewell
Mari Eriksmoen
Anne Trulove
Aleksander Nohr
Baba
Jens-Erik Aasbø
Trulove
Eirik Grøtvedt
Sellem
Astrid Nordstad
Mother Goose
Peter Willcock
Keeper of the Madhouse