The beggar's opera, by John Gay ; a BBC-TV production in association with Monarda Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller ; conducted by sir John Eliot Gardiner
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Label
The beggar's opera, by John Gay ; a BBC-TV production in association with Monarda Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller ; conducted by sir John Eliot Gardiner
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The beggar's opera
Oclc number
962187715
Responsibility statement
by John Gay ; a BBC-TV production in association with Monarda Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller ; conducted by sir John Eliot Gardiner
Runtime
135
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
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Gay, John, 1685-1732
- Daltrey, Roger
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
- Ashe, Rosemary
- Hall, Carol
- Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Johns, Stratford
- English Baroque Soloists
- Hoskins, Bob
- Barlow, Jeremy, 1939-
- Monarda Arts (Firm)
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Routledge, Patricia
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor15
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Gay, John, 1685-1732
- Daltrey, Roger
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
- Ashe, Rosemary
- Hall, Carol
- Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
- British Broadcasting Corporation, Television Service
- Johns, Stratford
- English Baroque Soloists
- Hoskins, Bob
- Barlow, Jeremy, 1939-
- Monarda Arts (Firm)
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Routledge, Patricia
- Genre3
- Subject4
- Content2
- resource.arranger2
- Compiler1
- resource.conductor1
- Director1
- resource.librettist1
- Performer7
- Producer1
- resource.productioncompany2
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