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Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera

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A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell the story of rogues and criminals. With his distinctive musical arrangements at its heart, Britten's 1948 adaptation was a significant revision, amounting to a new twentieth-century opera. The BBC film, originally broadcast in 1963, feature a superb cast of English singers..

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    • Theatrical28 Feb 1963

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Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera was released on 28 February 1963.

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