Listen to The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Here I Stand … Since It Is Not By Merit (Rakewell) by Eugene Conley, Igor Stravinsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Rake's Progress, Act I, Scene 1: Here I Stand … Since It Is Not By Merit (Rakewell)

Eugene Conley, Igor Stravinsky, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus & The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Blanche Thebom

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Eugene Conley

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Hilde Gueden

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Lawrence Davidson

Lawrence Davidson

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Mack Harrell

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Martha Lipton

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Norman Scott

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Paul Franke

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Igor Strawinsky

Igor Strawinsky

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Wystan Hugh Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden

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Chester Kallman

Chester Kallman

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