The Luxembourg Chronicle, in collaboration with the Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg, is offering two pairs of FREE tickets to the The Rake’s Progress on Friday 3 February at 20:00 (one pair) and Sunday 5 February (one pair) at 17:00 at the Grand Théâtre; for details on how to enter, see below.
Opera in three acts and an epilogue, by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), libretto written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings “A Rake’s Progress” (1733–1735) of William Hogarth. In English, with surtitles in French & German.
Protagonist Tom Rakewell is young, inexperienced and reckless. While he revels with Anne Trulove in spring fever, the girl’s father is concerned about his daughter’s proposed marriage. Tom refuses to accept his offer of a regular job however and dreams of a great career. His dream seems to come true when Nick Shadow appears to tell him that an unknown uncle has left him a substantial inheritance. All that is necessary is a trip to the big city. Accompanied by Nick Shadow as his servant and driven by new desires, Tom embarks on a trip from which he never returns, squanders all his fortune and loses control of his life.
The audience has the opportunity to meet the artistic team after the second performance.
Introduction to the opera by Amis de l’Opéra half an hour before each performance (in French)
To apply for your FREE tickets to the production of The Rake’s Progress on Friday 3 (20:00) and Sunday 5 February (17:00) 2017 at the Grand Theatre, please send an email to info@Chronicle.lu with “The Rake’s Progress” (without the quotation marks) in the subject line, with your name and mobile number in the body of the email. The draw will be made at 18:00 on Tuesday 24 January. Winners will be contacted directly. Winning tickets will be available at the venue on the day.
Winners:
- Fri 3 Feb @ 20:00: Delphine Marioge
- Sun 5 Feb @ 17:00: Yulia DMITROVA
