play pause radio-play skip-back skip-forward playing search copy check embed close plus caret-down caret-left caret-right caret-up chevron-down chevron-left chevron-right chevron-up filter menu more-horizontal more-vertical share share-android select star star-block volume-block volume-mute-block volume-mute volume lock settings recording composition devices laptop speaker
Skip this section
Log in

The Rake's Progress (1951)

Libretto: Wystan Hugh Auden, Chester Kallman
Igor Stravinsky, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Norman Scott (Bass), Hilde Güden (Soprano), Eugene Conley (Tenor), Mack Harrell (Baritone), Martha Lipton (Mezzo-soprano), Blanche Thebom (Alto), Paul Franke (Tenor), Lawrence Davidson (Bass)
1953, New York, Metropolitan Opera House
Live

  • Act I

    • Prelude
      00:30
    • 1. 'The Woods are Green' - 'Anne, My Dear' (Tom Rakewell, Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      04:44
    • 2. 'Here I Stand' - 'Since It Is Not by Merit' (Tom Rakewell)
      02:42
    • 3. 'Tom Rakewell?' - 'Fair Lady, Gracious Gentlemen' - 'I Wished but Once' - 'I'll Call the Coachman, Sir' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      07:34
    • 4. 'Farewell for Now' - 'All Is Ready, Sir' - 'Dear Father Trulove' - 'Laughter and Light' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      05:10
    • 5. 'With Air Commanding and Weapon Handy' (Chorus)
      02:38
    • 6. 'Come, Tom' - 'Soon Dawn Will Glitter' - 'Sisters of Venus, Brothers of Mars' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Mother Goose, Chorus)
      05:34
    • 7. 'Love, Too Frequently Betrayed' - 'How Sad a Song' - 'The Sun Is Bright, the Grass Is Green' (Tom Rakewell, Mother Goose, Chorus)
      03:40
    • 8. 'Lanterloo, My Lady' (Nick Shadow)
      02:35
    • 9. 'No Word from Tom' - 'Quietly, Night' - 'My Father! Can I Desert Him' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      05:31
    • 10. 'I Go, I Go to Him' (Anne Trulove)
      02:40

  • Act II

    • 1. 'Vary the Song, O London, Change!' - 'O Nature, Green Unnatural Mother' - 'Always the Quarry' (Tom Rakewell)
      07:53
    • 2. 'Master, Are You Alone?' - 'In Youth the Panting Slave' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      04:47
    • 3. 'My Tale Shall Be Told' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      02:32
    • 4. 'How Strange' - 'O Heart Be Stronger' (Anne Trulove)
      05:06
    • 5. 'Anne! Here!' - 'My Love, Am I to Remain in Here for Ever?' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Baba the Turk)
      03:22
    • 6. 'Could it Then Have Been Known' - 'I Have Not Run Away' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Baba the Turk, Chorus)
      06:04
    • 7. 'As I Was Saying' - 'Come, Sweet, Come' - 'Scorned! Abused!' - 'My Heart Is Cold, I Cannot Weep' - 'Fa la la' - 'Oh, I Wish It Were True' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk)
      05:41
    • 8. 'You! O Nick, I've Had the Strangest Dream' - 'Thanks to This Excellent Device' - 'Forgive Me, Master' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      05:57

  • Act III

    • 1. 'Ruin, Disaster, Shame' (Anne Trulove, Chorus)
      02:53
    • 2. 'Aha!' (Sellem, Baba the Turk)
      05:44
    • 3. 'Sold! Annoyed!' - 'Now What Was That!' - 'You Love Him' - 'If Boys Had Wings' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Anne Trulove, Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      06:41
    • 4. 'I Go to Him' - 'Who Cares a Fig' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Baba the Turk, Sellem, Chorus)
      02:04
    • 5. Prelude
      01:56
    • 6. 'How Dark and Dreadful Is This Place' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      04:15
    • 7. 'Very Well, Then, My Dear and Good Tom' - 'Well, Then' - 'My Heart Is Wild with Fear' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Anne Trulove)
      08:52
    • 8. 'I Burn! I Burn! I Freeze!' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow)
      03:37
    • 9. 'Prepare Yourselves, Heroic Shades' - 'Madmen's Words Are All Untrue' - 'Leave All Love and Hope Behind' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      03:59
    • 10. 'There He Is. Have No Fear' - 'I Have Waited' - 'In a Foolish Dream' - 'I Am Exceedingly Weary' (Tom Rakewell, Anne Trulove, Keeper of the Madhouse)
      06:17
    • 11. 'Gently, Little Boat' - 'Anne, My Dear, the Tale Is Ended Now' - 'Every Wearied Body' (Trulove, Anne Trulove)
      05:46
    • 12. 'Where Art Thou, Venus?' - 'Mourn for Adonis' (Tom Rakewell, Chorus)
      05:12
    • 13. 'Good People, Just a Moment' (Tom Rakewell, Nick Shadow, Anne Trulove, Baba the Turk)
      02:37

Recording appears on:

All recordings of "The Rake's Progress (1951)"