Beggar's Opera movie was released Jul 14, 2009 by the Decca studio. Originally broadcast in 1963 and now meticulously restored by the BBC, this film features a superb cast, including Janet Baker as Polly Peachum and the much-loved Scottish tenor Kenneth McKellar as the highwayman Macheath John Gay's opera was a great success when first performed in 1728, satirizing the conventions of Italian opera and using popular tunes. Beggar's Opera movie Benjamin Britten's distinctive musical arrangements were a significant revision to Gay's original, effectively creating a new 20th-century opera. ...See Full Description
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