Gay, John: The Beggar's Opera (1728) 105'

Ballad opera in three acts after the version of Johann Christoph Pepusch and John Gay, revised and edited by Frederic Austin (1920)

Music Text  
Text by John Gay (E)

Scoring
S,2M,2A,T,Bar,BBar,B; chorus fl.ob-clavicembalo(hpd)-strings; optional cl.bn


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World premiere of version
6/5/1920
Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London
Nigel Playfair, director / unknown / Eugene Goossens