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The Beggar's Opera. Tableau de William Hogarth, vers 1728, tiré de The Beggar's Opera, scène V à la Tate Britain. The Beggar's Opera ( L'Opéra du gueux) est un ballad opera en trois actes, écrit en 1728 par John Gay, sur une musique de Johann Christoph Pepusch .
Beggar's Opera was an obscure Scottish prog rock act, that managed to stay under most's radar back in the day. Their debut album shows strong classical aspirations in conjunction with heavy psychedelic rock and a bit of jazz influences, all sounding very intelectual.
The Beggar's Opera: Directed by Jonathan Miller. With Bob Hoskins, Graham Crowden, Stratford Johns, Gary Tibbs. A historical adaptation of John Gay's 18th Century ballad opera, exuberantly performed for BBC television. With its story of a condemned highwayman, it brings to life the greed, lust and corruption of low-life London.
A fine critical study of The Beggar’s Opera, particularly valuable for placing the work in the context of its time and exploring the links to Italian opera that Gay so skillfully exploited.
Beggar. This Piece I own was originally writ for the celebrating the Marriage of James Chanter and Moll Lay, two most excellent Ballad-Singers. I have introduc’d the Similes that are in all your celebrated Operas: The Swallow, the Moth, the Bee, the Ship, the Flower, &c. Besides, I have a Prison Scene which the Ladies always reckon charmingly pathetick. As to the Parts, I have observ’d ...
The Beggar's Opera is a comic farce, poking accurate fun at the prevailing fashion in Italian opera as well as the social and political climate of the age. It established a new genre, the "ballad opera," of which it remains the only really notable example, though its popularity led to the work Sheridan and eventually Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Beggar's Opera study guide contains a biography of John Gay, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
