The Rake's Progress Judith Raskin as Ann and John Reardon as Nick Shadow, is from London 1964 and is conducted by Stravinsky himself. It is currently available on the Sony/BMG 22-CD box set "Works of Igor Stravinsky". Sources The Rake's Progress The Rake's Progress is an English-language opera in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings "A Rake's Progress" (1733–1735) of William Hogarth, which Stravinsky had seen on 2 May 1947, in a Chicago exhibition. The story concerns the decline and fall of
Before and After (Hogarth) Before and After (Hogarth) Before and After is a pair of comic paintings by British painter William Hogarth. He made two painted versions in 1730-31. The first version show an exterior scene in a wooded glade, based on contemporary French pastoral fête galante, while a second version move the scene indoors. Hogarth made an engravings based on the second version in 1736. In each pair, based on the position and appearance of the subjects, the first painting shows the couple before and the second after sexual intercourse. The first version, painted 1730–31, is now held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in