The beggar's opera : Die Bettleroper = L'Opéra du gueux = La ópera de los medigos /

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...

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Corporate Authors:	English Baroque Soloists (Performer), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service (Producer), RM Arts (Firm) (Producer), Arthaus Musik (Firm)
Other Authors:	Gay, John, 1685-1732 (Librettist), Miller, Jonathan, 1934-2019 (Director, Producer), Daltrey, Roger (Performer), Hoskins, Bob (Performer), Johns, Stratford (Performer), Routledge, Patricia (Performer), Hall, Carol (Performer), Bayliss, Peter (Performer), Ashe, Rosemary (Performer), Crowden, Graham (Performer), Tibbs, Gary (Performer), Gardiner, John Eliot (Conductor, Arranger, Musical director), Barlow, Jeremy, 1939- (Arranger), Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752 (Compiler), Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759, Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Leipzig : Arthaus Musik, [2005]
Subjects:	Ballad operas. Televised operas. Feature films. Nonfiction films.