(Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera)

Content: A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell the story of rogues and criminals. With his distinctive musical arrangements at its heart, Britten's 1948 adaptation was a significant revision, amounting to a new twentieth-century opera. The BBC film, originally broadcast in 1963, feature a superb cast of English singers..

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Genres:

Music

Runtime:

94 minutes

Year:

1963

Directors:

Charles R. Rogers

Actors:

The Beggar

The Manager of the Company/Mat of the Mint

The Stage Manager/Slippery Sam

Peachum

Filch/Wat Dreary

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Set Decoration

Conductor

Original Music Composer

Director

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