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[Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)] Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) & Kallman, Chester. (1921–1975). The Rake's Progress - SIGNED LIBRETTO. New York: Boosey & Hawkes [Fred Rullman, Inc.]. 1954. Metropolitan Opera libretto, signed by the poet/ librettists below their printed names on the title page. 62 pp. Covers detached, paper clip mark on the first 2 pages, else very good.


The Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. First performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 11 September 1951, the American premiere was on 14 February 1953, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, conducted by Fritz Reiner and produced by George Balanchine.

[Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)] Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) & Kallman, Chester. (1921–1975) The Rake's Progress - SIGNED LIBRETTO

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[Stravinsky, Igor. (1882–1971)] Auden, W.H. (1907–1973) & Kallman, Chester. (1921–1975). The Rake's Progress - SIGNED LIBRETTO. New York: Boosey & Hawkes [Fred Rullman, Inc.]. 1954. Metropolitan Opera libretto, signed by the poet/ librettists below their printed names on the title page. 62 pp. Covers detached, paper clip mark on the first 2 pages, else very good.


The Rake's Progress is an opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings A Rake's Progress (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. First performed at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 11 September 1951, the American premiere was on 14 February 1953, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, conducted by Fritz Reiner and produced by George Balanchine.