Igor Stravinsky, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Barbara Hannigan The Rake's Progress - Taking Risks
2020 2x DVD DTS 5.1 Surround
Opera
Neo-Classical
Public Broadcast

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Accentus Music
chorus Gothenburg Symphony Chorus
chorus master Alexander Einarsson
co-producer Göteborgs Symfoniker
co-producer ZDF
composed by Igor Stravinsky
concertmaster Per Enoksson
conductor, liner notes Barbara Hannigan
design [costume] Anna Ardelius
design [make-up] Theresia Frisk
tracks dvd-2 film director [documentary] Maria Stodtmeier
tracks dvd-1 film director [tv] Michael Beyer
tracks dvd-2 film editor Brigitte Maria Schmidle
libretto by Chester Kallman
libretto by W. H. Auden
mezzo-soprano vocals [baba the turk] Kate Howden
orchestra Göteborgs Symfoniker
producer Accentus Music
producer, executive-producer [dvd] Paul Smaczny
soprano vocals [anne truelove] Aphrodite Patoulidou
stage manager, lighting director Linus Fellbom
tenor vocals [tom rakewell] William Morgan
vocals [father truelove], vocals [mother goose] Erik Rosenius
vocals [nick shadow] John Taylor Ward
vocals [sellem] Ziad Nehme
Semi-staged production of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress with Barbara Hannigan making her opera conducting debut. As part of her Equilibrium mentoring initiative, Hannigan hand-picked a cast of soloists from over 350 applications from 39 countries, holding auditions throughout Europe. (DVD-1)

Maria Stodtmeier's documentary Taking Risks follows all aspects of the production, from the first auditions, casting, rehearsals through the premiere performance in Gothenburg in December 2018.
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