Rehearsing for ‘The Rake’s Progress’

The solid, ensemble and team went through a dress rehearsal of Igor Stravinsky’s 1951 theater “The Rake’s Development” on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, as part of the Lakes Area Music Festival at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts in Brainerd.

Public appearances may become 7: 30 p. m. Saturday, Aug. 10, and 3 p. m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts in Brainerd.

Tom Rakewell, who deserts his remote home town and his girlfriend Anne Trulove for the pleasures of London, is the subject of the account. Being seduced by greed and renown under the charm of his wicked friend, Nick Shadow, Tom meets his spiritual, emotional, and physical fate. The Devil finds work for indolent emotions, arms, and thoughts, according to the tale’s final lesson.

Supertitles from the English translations that are projected above the level are used to accompany this musical as it is sung in English. Software notes, including a description, are accessible on.

The theater will be directed by Israeli chairman Omer Ben Seadia in Brainerd. The group’s audio producer and Grammy champion, Christian Reif, conducts.

The opera’s hero, Tom Rakewell, is sung by tone Miles Mykkanen. Soprano Kearstin Piper Brown gives the righteous Anne Trulove. Lakes Area Music Festival’s unique creative chairman, John Taylor Ward, will enjoy the wicked part of Nick Shadow. Contralto Sara Couden, even a actor with the Metropolitan Opera, will do the over-the-top hairy woman, Baba the Turk.

Another main performers include Kevin Thompson as Father Trulove, Martin Bakari as the seller, Sellem, Allison Fahey as Mother Goose, and Jeremy Harr as the Keeper of the Madhouse.

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