John Gay - The Beggar’s Opera
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Label: Australian Eloquence
Cat No: ELQ4428629
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 13th September 2010
Contents
Artists
Graham Clarke (Matt)Stafford Dean (Lockit)
John Gibbs (Jemmy Twitcher)
Michael Hordern (The Player)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Polly Peachum)
Angela Lansbury (Mrs Peachum)
Alfred Marks (The Jailer & Mr Peachum)
Warren Mitchell (The Beggar & The Drawer)
James Morris (Macheath)
Ann Murray (Jenny Diver)
Regina Resnik (Mrs Trapes)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Filch)
Joan Sutherland (Lucy Lockit)
Ann Wilkens (Dolly Trull)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
London Opera Chorus
Conductor
Richard BonyngeWorks
The Beggar's OperaArtists
Graham Clarke (Matt)Stafford Dean (Lockit)
John Gibbs (Jemmy Twitcher)
Michael Hordern (The Player)
Kiri Te Kanawa (Polly Peachum)
Angela Lansbury (Mrs Peachum)
Alfred Marks (The Jailer & Mr Peachum)
Warren Mitchell (The Beggar & The Drawer)
James Morris (Macheath)
Ann Murray (Jenny Diver)
Regina Resnik (Mrs Trapes)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Filch)
Joan Sutherland (Lucy Lockit)
Ann Wilkens (Dolly Trull)
National Philharmonic Orchestra
London Opera Chorus
Conductor
Richard BonyngeAbout
In 1981 Richard Bonynge, together with an illustrious cast of singers (Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, et. al.) and actors (Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Michael Hordern, et. al.) went into Kingsway Hall for a recording of a new edition (by Richard Bonynge and Douglas Gamley) of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera. Written in 1728, it is a ballad opera in three acts (ballad operas were satiric musical plays that used some of the conventions of opera, but without recitative. The lyrics of the airs in the piece are set to popular broadsheet ballads, opera arias, church hymns and folk tunes of the time.) Running for 62 consecutive performances, the piece notched up a record the longest run in theatre history up to that time. Unlike other existing recordings of The Beggar’s Opera, this new performing edition features opera stars alongside great actors as well as a full-size (double woodwind) orchestra. One of the most sought after of Sutherland/Bonynge collaborations, the original CD has long been out of print and here reappears with the original liner notes as well as the full libretto.
Cast:
- Graham Clarke (Matt)
- Stafford Dean (Lockit)
- John Gibbs (Jemmy Twitcher)
- Michael Hordern (The Player)
- Kiri Te Kanawa (Polly Peachum)
- Angela Lansbury (Mrs Peachum)
- Alfred Marks (The Jailer & Mr Peachum)
- Warren Mitchell (The Beggar & The Drawer)
- James Morris (Macheath)
- Ann Murray (Jenny Diver)
- Regina Resnik (Mrs Trapes)
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Filch)
- Joan Sutherland (Lucy Lockit)
- Ann Wilkens (Dolly Trull)
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