Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
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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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Roger Jerome
The Beggar
Heather Harper
Lucy Lockit
Edith Coates
Mrs. Trapes
Angela Jenkins
Betty Doxy
Carolyn Maia
Mrs. Vixen
Sally Langford
Dolly Trull
Patricia Brigenshaw
Mrs. Coaxer
Andrew Snarski
Harry Paddington
John Gibbs
Crook-finger'd Jack
Jack Irons
Tom Tipple
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