Eventually his servant Shadow reveals that he is the devil and the title figure ends up abandoned, even by Anne Trulove, in Bedlam.
Gavin Gordon composed a ballet of the same name in 1935, sixteen years before this work premiered at the Teatro La Fenice. Beginning with the duet "The Woods are Green" and ending with the aria "Where Art Thou Venus," at one point, the hero marries the fantastic bearded lady Baba the Turk and invests in a machine that will turn stones into bread. This follows his life of vice at Mother Goose's brothel and precipitates the liquidation of his goods by Sellem. Eventually his servant Shadow reveals that he is the devil and the title figure ends up abandoned, even by Anne Trulove, in Bedlam. FTP identify this work with libretto by Kallman and Auden, an opera by Igor Stravinsky.
Gavin Gordon composed a ballet of the same name in 1935, sixteen years before this work premiered at the Teatro La Fenice.
The Rake’s Progress