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The Beggar's Opera
Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar's Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, b....
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The Beggar's Opera
Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.....
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The Beggar's Opera
A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television.....
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Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera
A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, ....
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