Following the success of Jonathan Dove’s Flight in 2008, British Youth Opera presents a new programme of intriguing and little performed operas in association with its regular orchestra Southbank Sinfonia.

Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress charts the dissolute career and eventual downfall of Tom Rakewell in a series of richly imaginative scenes. Stravinsky’s music, inspired by baroque and classical styles, is characterised by the beauty of its vocal writing which takes us on a journey through fantasy, magic and the supernatural as it examines the plight of the human condition.

The British Youth Opera’s The Rake’s Progress is performed in repertoire with a Rossini Double Bill.

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