Scottish Opera - The Rake's Progress Reviews
27 April 2024
Ensemble
Leah-Marian Jones (Baba the Turk)
Edgaras Montvidas (Tom Rakewell)
Carolyn Sampson (Anne Trulove), Edgaras Montvidas (Tom Rakewell)
Karen Murray (Mother Goose)

Performance reviews

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The Rake's Progress

Scottish Opera


No. of reviews: 11

As joyous and accomplished as one could hope for
27 Apr 12 / The Journal
A stylish and meticulous Rake's Progress
1 Apr 12 / The Opera Critic
There is a real sense of mischief in the production
31 Mar 12 / The Scotsman
Scottish Opera has done it proud
28 Mar 12 / Telegraph
In McVicar’s new staging, The Rake seems more than ever a work of sharp contemporary relevance
27 Mar 12 / Opera Britannia
Stravinsky's morality tale is given a spirited and purposeful reading by singers and orchestra alike
25 Mar 12 / Independent
An eye-pleasing opera
20 Mar 12 / Financial Times
Death haunts Scottish Opera’s The Rake’s Progress
20 Mar 12 / Seen and Heard
A visually flamboyant realisation
19 Mar 12 / The Stage
A triumphant production
19 Mar 12 / The Herald
The stylised cool allows McVicar to be at once sharp and extreme
19 Mar 12 / The Guardian
Production details
Cast
Page, Montvidas, Sampson/Pritchard, Jones, Broadbent, Murray, Judson, McInroy
(c) Edwards (d) McVicar
Performance dates
17, 21, 23, 25(m), 27, 29, 31 March 2012 (Glasgow and Edinburgh)
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