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The beggar's opera [translated: Die Bettleroper; L'Opéra du gueux; La ópera de los medigos]

[libretto] by John Gay; music [selected by J.C. Pepusch], arranged by Jeremy Barlow and John Eliot Gardiner; a BBC-TV production in association with RM Arts; produced and directed by Jonathan Miller
Resource Type:
DVD Video
Publication:
Leipzig : Arthaus Musik, [2005]
Copyright:
©1983
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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.
Contributors:
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 of music, musical director
Barlow, Jeremy , arranger of music
Pepusch, John Christopher, 1667-1752 , compiler
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741
English Baroque Soloists , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
British Broadcasting Corporation > Television Service , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
RM Arts (Firm) , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro
Arthaus Musik (Firm)
Languages:
English
German
French
Spanish
Language Notes:
Sung in English with optional subtitles in English, German, French, and Spanish.
Included Works:
Motion picture adaptation of: Tamerlano [by Handel, G.F.] (Selections)
Motion picture adaptation of: Griselda [by Vivaldi, A.] > Agitata da due venti
Related Works:
Motion picture adaptation of: Beggar's opera [by Gay, J.]
Beggar's opera
Alternate Titles:
Title translation: Die Bettleroper
Title translation: L'Opéra du gueux
Title translation: La ópera de los medigos
Subjects:
Ballad operas
Genres:
Operas
Feature films
Nonfiction films
System Details:
DVD-9; NTSC, region code 2-8; aspect ratio 4:3; PCM stereo sound format.
Performers:
Roger Daltrey (MacHeath) ; Bob Hoskins (Beggar) ; Stratford Johns (Peachum) ; Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum) ; Carol Hall (Polly Peachum) ; Peter Bayliss (Lockit) ; Rosemary Ashe (Lucy Lockit) ; Graham Crowden (The player) ; Gary Tibbs (Filch) ; English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, musical director and conductor.
Production Credits:
Senior cameraman, Ron Green ; videotape editor, Dennis Collett ; choreography, Sally Gilpin.
General Notes:
A ballad opera in 3 acts.
This DVD will not play in standard region 1 (U.S.) DVD players.
Originally produced as a television program in 1983.
Booklet (36 p. ; ill.) with program notes in English, synopsis and historical notes in English, French, German and Spanish inserted in container.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Characteristics:
plastic; metal; polychrome
Audio Characteristics:
digital; optical
Video Characteristics:
NTSC
Digital Characteristics:
video file; DVD video; region 2
Call Numbers:
BEG 1983 DVD
Other Standard Numbers:
Universal Product Code: 807280200195
Publisher Number, Arthaus Musik: 102 001
OCLC Numbers:
427897737