The Beggar's Opera
(1948) 43Ballad-Opera by John Gay (1728), realized from the original airs by Benjamin Britten
Duration: 108'
Music Text
Orchesterbesetzung
S,2M,T(or Bar),T(or speaker),Bar,B,speaker; chorus
1(=picc).1(=corA).1.1-1.0.0.0-perc(1):timp/susp.cym/SD/TD/BD/tamb/
tgl/gong/wdbl-harp-strings (1.1.1.1.1)
Vertriebsgebiet
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World Premiere
24/05/1948
Arts Theatre, Cambridge
Tyrone Guthrie, director / English Opera Group / Benjamin Britten
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