A Harlot's Progress: Iain Bell

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Iain Bell's first opera 'A Harlot´s Progress' will be premiered at the Theater an der Wien.

The opera was influenced by William Hogarths' engravings (1732) and tells the tragic story of a young woman, Moll Hackabout, who arrives in London from the country and becomes a prostitute.

Cast
Conductor, Donald Runnicles
Director, Jens‐Daniel Herzog
Costume design, Sibylle Gädeke
Light design, Jürgen Koß
Dramaturgy, Hans‐Peter Frings

Moll Hackabout, Diana Damrau
Mother Needham, Marie McLaughlin
Kitty, Tara Erraught
Mister Lovelace, Christopher Gillett
James Dalton, Nathan Gunn
Coach Driver | Officer | Jailer, Nicolas Testé
Chorus, Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Orchestra, Wiener Symphoniker

Commissioned by Theater an der Wien.