Search - The Rake's Progress on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Movie Release: 1996 DVD Release: 07/25/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 36 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Music, Opera, Vocal Music

Two of the world's most gifted classical vocalists, Dawn Upshaw and Jerry Hadley, star in this production of Igor Stravinsky's opera, inspired by William Hogarth's cycle of paintings. Artist Tom Rakewell (Hadley) is in love with his favorite model, Anne (Upshaw), but in time, his obsessions begin leading him into a madness that he cannot escape. Staged by director Peter Mussbach and designer Jorg Immendorff, this version of The Rake's Progress was taped live at the Salzburg Festival, with the accompaniment of the Camerata Academica. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Brian Large directs this adaptation of Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress. The disc contains a widescreen anamorphic transfer that produces an aspect ratio of 1.78:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. Supplemental materials include cast and crew biographies. Opera enthusiasts will certainly want to see this disc, but there may not be enough here to interest the uninitiated. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide