Principal singers Alexei Morozov, left, as Nick Shadow and Borislav Molchanov as Tom Rakewell in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Viktoria Preobrazhenskaya as Baba the Turk in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Viktoria Preobrazhenskaya, center, as Baba the Turk in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Borislav Molchanov as Tom Rakewell in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Olesya Starukhina as Anne Trulove in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Olesya Starukhina as Anne Trulove in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Borislav Molchanov, foreground right, as Tom Rakewell in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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From left: Principal singers Olesya Starukhina as Anne Trulove, Borislav Molchanov as Tom Rakewell and Viktor Borovkov as Father Trulove in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Borislav Molchanov as Tom Rakewell in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Borislav Molchanov as Tom Rakewell in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Principal singer Viktor Borovkov as Father Trulove in a scene from Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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Orchestra led by conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky performing at the press preview of Igor Stravinsky's opera The Rake's Progress staged at Moscow's Pokrovsky State Academic Chamber Music Theater.

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