The Rake's Progress - Norwegian National Opera & Ballet (2024)

Plot Summary

A machine that turns stones into bread, a bearded lady, a mental hospital and love. This is a journey down a delightfully dark spiral into the mind of a Tom Rakewell. For Tom, the combination of being lackadaisical and greedy is dangerous; and he learns the hard way. He is madly in love with the kind-hearted Anne Trulove, but there’s a hitch – her father wants Tom to have a job, but Tom feels he is not cut out for a life of drudgery! Fortunately, the diabolical Nick Shadow shows up and announces an opportune money inheritance from an obscure uncle, so Tom goes to London in search of happiness… and meets madness on the way.

Full Cast & Characters

Thomas Atkins

Tom Rakewell

Mari Eriksmoen

Anne Trulove

Aleksander Nohr

Baba

Jens-Erik Aasbø

Trulove

Eirik Grøtvedt

Sellem

Astrid Nordstad

Mother Goose

Peter Willcock

Keeper of the Madhouse

Director & Crew

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