The beggar's opera, Die Bettleroper = L'Opéra du gueux = La ópera de los medigos, [libretto] by John Gay ; music [selected by J.C. Pepusch], arranged by Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller
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The beggar's opera, Die Bettleroper = L'Opéra du gueux = La ópera de los medigos, [libretto] by John Gay ; music [selected by J.C. Pepusch], arranged by Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The beggar's opera
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
427897737
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Originally produced as a television program in 1983
Responsibility statement
[libretto] by John Gay ; music [selected by J.C. Pepusch], arranged by Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller
Runtime
135
Sub title
Die Bettleroper = L'Opéra du gueux = La ópera de los medigos
Summary
A ballad opera set among London's 18th century criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places. Created specially for television, this Beggar's Opera captures the characters of London low-life thrived on thieving, lechery and deceit. The music for this production has been arranged from the eighteenth-century folksongs of the original (selected by Johann Christoph Pepusch) by baroque specialists Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner, who conducts The English Baroque Soloists, performing on authentic period instruments
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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BettleroperOpéra du gueuxÓpera de los medigosDie BettleroperL'Opéra du gueuxLa ópera de los medigos
Contributor
- Bayliss, Peter
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Barlow, Jeremy
- Gay, John, 1685-1732
- Daltrey, Roger
- Tibbs, Gary
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
- Ashe, Rosemary
- Hall, Carol
- Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- RM Arts (Firm)
- Johns, Stratford
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- English Baroque Soloists
- Hoskins, Bob
- Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741
- Crowden, Graham
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Routledge, Patricia
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- Bayliss, Peter
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Barlow, Jeremy
- Gay, John, 1685-1732
- Daltrey, Roger
- Tibbs, Gary
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
- Ashe, Rosemary
- Hall, Carol
- Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- RM Arts (Firm)
- Johns, Stratford
- Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
- English Baroque Soloists
- Hoskins, Bob
- Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741
- Crowden, Graham
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Routledge, Patricia
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- Subject3
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- Compiler1
- resource.conductor1
- Director1
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