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Watch Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera (1963) Online

  • RUNTIME: 1h 34m
  • Subtitles: English

A huge success at its first performance in 1728 John Gay's The Beggar's Opera satirized the conventions of Italian opera, using popular tunes to tell the story of rogues and criminals. With his distinctive musical arrangements at its heart, Britten's 1948 adaptation was a significant revision, amounting to a new twentieth-century opera. The BBC film, originally broadcast in 1963, feature a superb cast of English singers.. Read More

Watch Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera online. Featuring Roger Jerome and David Hartley, Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera is classified as Music genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was released on 1963. Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera was directed by Charles R. Rogers. Read Less