The Pilgrim's Progress

Opera: Work details

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Music title: The Pilgrim's Progress (1951)
Librettist: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Work definition: Morality in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue
After: After the allegory 'The Pilgrim's Progress' by John Bunyan with interpolations from the Bible and verse by Ursula Vaughan Williams
Language: English
World premiere: 26 April 1951, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 26 April 1951, Covent Garden Opera Company
ROH company premiere: 26 April 1951, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
The Pilgrim's Progress (1951) Covent Garden Opera Company (10 performances online)
The Pilgrim's Progress (1997, in concert) The Royal Opera (1 performance online)