Richard Bratby

Hockney’s Rake’s Progress remains one of the supreme achievements

But compared to Strauss’s Four Last Songs, Stravinsky’s opera, premièred a year later in 1951, feels as dated as peas in aspic

One production that nearly does send you out whistling the sets: Glyndebourne On Tour's revival of Hockney and Cox's Rake's Progress. [Image: © Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Sisi Burn]
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    Glyndebourne On Tour, various venues, until 1 December

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    Royal Festival Hall

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