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THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
(Rucklarens väg, 1961)


This brilliant staging of the Strindberg-Auden opera marked a pivotal highpoint in Bergman's directing career.




Cast
Credits
Ann Trulove: Margareta Hallin/Busk Margit Jonsson
Baba: Kerstin Meyer/Barbro Ericson
Tom Rakewell: Ragnar Ulfung
Nick Shadow: Erik Saedén/Anders Näslund
Goose: Barbro Ericson/Kerstin Dellert
Trulove: Arne Tyrén/Erik Sundquist
Sellem: Olle Sivall
Guard: Erik Sundquist/Paul Höglund

Musical Score: Igor Stravinsky
Libretto: W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman
Translation: Östen Sjöstrand
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Stage Desig: Birger Bergling
Costumes: Kerstin Hedeby
Conductor: Michael Gielen


THE RAKE'S PROGRESS

Original title:
Rucklarens väg

Production:
Royal Opera, Stockholm

Premiere:
22 April 1961

Radio broadcast:
7 May 1961 (Swedish radio)


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