Which opera was composed by Stravinsky?

Which opera was composed by Stravinsky?

• A. The Firebird
• B. The Rake's Progress
• C. Oedipus Rex
• D. Apollo

Answer: (B)

Stravinsky wrote works across different forms, including ballets and operas. The one that is an opera in its standard sense is The Rake’s Progress. It’s a full-length opera with a complete sung drama, crafted for staged performance in English, with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman and based on Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress. This sets it apart from the other items here: The Firebird and Apollo are famous ballets, not operas, and Oedipus Rex is an operatic work sometimes described as an opera-oratorio and typically performed with a Latin libretto in a concert-like or semi-staged format rather than as a traditional opera.

Stravinsky wrote works across different forms, including ballets and operas. The one that is an opera in its standard sense is The Rake’s Progress. It’s a full-length opera with a complete sung drama, crafted for staged performance in English, with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman and based on Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress. This sets it apart from the other items here: The Firebird and Apollo are famous ballets, not operas, and Oedipus Rex is an operatic work sometimes described as an opera-oratorio and typically performed with a Latin libretto in a concert-like or semi-staged format rather than as a traditional opera.