Emerging Voices: British Youth Opera — The Rake's Progress
BAFTA-winning actress Joanna Scanlan and young creatives discuss Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, with musical extracts and readings from the W.H. Auden libretto.
Why we picked this
Hearing W.H. Auden's correspondence with Stravinsky read aloud, in the room where the production was developed, is the kind of detail that turns a preview event into something worth going to.
British Youth Opera is staging a full-scale production of Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress at Battersea Arts Centre — a two-month project involving nearly 40 young professionals. This RSA evening gives audiences an early look at the work in progress, with musical extracts from the production and readings of the correspondence between Stravinsky and librettist W.H. Auden.
BAFTA-winning actress and writer Joanna Scanlan joins Anna Patalong, Chief Executive of British Youth Opera, to discuss what it takes to bring such an ambitious piece to life and what it means to invest in emerging talent at this scale.
The event takes place in the Durham Street Auditorium at RSA House and is free to attend, with RSA Fellows receiving priority booking.