The beggar's opera
- Title
- The beggar's opera [videorecording] / by John Gay [music by J.C. Pepusch] ; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts ; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller.
- Published by
- Leipzig : Arthaus Musik, [2005], c1983.
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Details
- Additional authors
- Gay, John, 1685-1732
- Miller, Jonathan, 1934-
- Daltrey, Roger
- Hoskins, Bob
- Johns, Stratford
- Routledge, Patricia
- Hall, Carol
- Bayliss, Peter
- Ashe, Rosemary
- Crowden, Graham
- Tibbs, Gary
- Gardiner, John Eliot
- Barlow, Jeremy
- Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752
- English Baroque Soloists. itr
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service. prd
- RM Arts (Firm) prd
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Description
- 1 videodisc (134 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A ballad opera set among London's 18th century criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Televised operas.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Language
- English
- Note
- Program notes and synopsis by Burkhard Dersch in German with English and French translations (36 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
- Credits (note)
- Senior cameraman, Ron Green ; videotape editor, Dennis Collett ; music arrangement, Jeremy Barlow, John Eliot Gardiner ; choreography, Sally Gilpin.
- System details (note)
- DVD; Region 2-8: will not play in standard Region 1 (U.S.) DVD players.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English.