Composer Igor Stravinsky Librettists W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman Company San Francisco Opera Association Location San Francisco, CA Venue War Memorial Opera House Season 1962 Language English Creative/Crew Conductor Leopold Ludwig Production Paul Hager Designer Wolfram Skalicki Resident designer Thomas L. Colangelo, Jr. Chorus Director Vincenzo Giannini Cast Tom Rakewell Richard Lewis Anne Trulove Mary Costa Father Trulove John Macurdy Nick Shadow Thomas Tipton Mother Goose Sona Cervena Baba the Turk Kerstin Meyer Sellem, an auctioneer Howard Fried Warden at Bedlam Donald Drain Show Dates Fri, Oct 19 1962, 8pm Thu, Oct 25 1962, 8pm Time and Place Eighteenth-century England Scenes Act I, Scene 1 -- The garden of Trulove's country house Scene 2 -- Mother Goose's London brothel Scene 3 -- Same as Scene 1 Act II, Scene 1 -- Rakewell's London town house Scene 2 -- Street in front of Rakewell's town house Scene 3 -- Rakewell's London town house Scene 4 -- The auction in the town house INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- A graveyard Scene 2 -- Bedlam Epilogue Media Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. MaryCosta (Anne Trulove), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Kerstin Meyer (Baba The Turk) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Anne Trulove) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Anne Trulove), (Kerstin Meyer (Baba The Turk) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Robert Cahen Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow) Credit Robert Cahen Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow) Credit Robert Cahen Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. John Macurdy (Father Trulove), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Mary Costa (Anne Trulove) Credit Robert Cahen Document SFO_PUB_01_SFO_1962_12_compressed.pdf (10.96 MB) Notes To access the full production program, click the PDF link above. --------------------- Sets and costumes from the Graz Festival
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. MaryCosta (Anne Trulove), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Kerstin Meyer (Baba The Turk) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Ensemble Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Anne Trulove) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Carolyn Mason Jones/San Francisco Opera. Mary Costa (Anne Trulove), (Kerstin Meyer (Baba The Turk) Credit Carolyn Mason Jones
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell) Credit Robert Cahen
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow) Credit Robert Cahen
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Thomas Tipton (Nick Shadow) Credit Robert Cahen
Image The Rake's Progress, Igor Stravinsky. San Francisco Opera, 1962. Photographer: Robert Cahen/San Francisco Opera. John Macurdy (Father Trulove), Richard Lewis (Tom Rakewell), Mary Costa (Anne Trulove) Credit Robert Cahen