The Beggar's Opera > TV Cast


Show Details

Show
The Beggar's Opera (20)
Music
Johann Christoph Pepusch (2)
Lyrics
John Gay (3)
Book
John Gay (3)

Recording Details

Date
1963
Type
Video / Stage Cast
Language
English
Group/Studio
BBC
Performer
Janet Baker (3), Edith Coates, Bernard Dickerson (4), Bryan Drake (5), Heather Harper (7), David Kelly (5), Kenneth McKellar (9), Anna Pollak (6)
Notes
Original broadcast October 31, 1963, on BBC Television.
Shortcode
[r32272]

Releases

Format
DVD
Region
All Regions
Label
Decca
Released
2009-07-14
Barcode
044007433294
Audio
Mono
Video
NTSC
Aspect Ratio
1.33:1
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# Tracks
82
Length
94:00
Lists
3 collectors / 2 wish lists
History
1 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl51238]
1. Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera - Opening Credits - English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
2. If poverty be a title to poetry - Roger Jerome, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
3. Overture - English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
4. Through all the employments of life - David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
5. 'Tis woman seduces all mankind - Bernard Dickerson, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
6. A register of the gang - David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
7. Women are bitter bad judges...If any wench Venus' girdle wear - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
8. Yonder comes my husband...Virgins are like the fair flower - Janet Baker, Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
9. Our Polly is a sad slut - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
10. The girl shows...O Polly, you might have toyed... - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
11. What is a jointure...The turtle dove thus with plaintive crying... - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
12. Now I am a wretch indeed...Pretty Polly say - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
13. My heart was so free - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
14. Sure, my dear...Were I laid on Greenland's coast... - Janet Baker, Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
15. The miser thus a shilling sees - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
16. But the present time is ours - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
17. Fill ev'ry glass - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
18. It's now high time...Let us take the road - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
19. If the heart of a man - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
20. Mrs Coaxer...Youth's the season made for joys - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
21. It's your own choice...Before the barn-door crowing - Joan Edwards, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
22. But to be sure, sir...The gamesters and lawyers - Joan Edwards, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
23. Constables, wait...At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure - Kenneth McKellar, David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
24. Noble Captain, you are welcome - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
25. To see you tortured...Thus when a good housewife sees a rat - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
26. You know, Lucy...The first time at the looking glass.. - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
27. Is then his fate decreed, sir? - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
28. I will not!...How happy could I be with either... - Janet Baker, Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
29. Really, Miss Peachum, you expose yourself...Cease... - Janet Baker, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
30. Why how now, Madam Flirt? - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
31. No pow'r on earth can e'er divide - Janet Baker, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
32. To be sure, wench - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
33. Dear, sir, mention not my education...When young at the bar... - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
34. Thus gamesters united in friendship - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
35. Look ye, Mrs. Jenny - Carolyn Maia, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
36. Slippery Sam...The modes of the court - Kenneth McKellar, Roger Jerome, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
37. Keep a watchful eye on Polly...What gudgeons are we men - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
38. In the days of my youth - Edith Coates, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
39. Jealousy, rage, love and fear...I'm like a skiff - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
40. A curse attends a woman's love - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
41. Come, sweet lass, let's banish sorrow - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
42. Gay/Britten: The Beggar's Opera - Opening Credits - Not Applicable
43. If poverty be a title to poetry - Roger Jerome, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
44. Overture - English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
45. Through all the employments of life - David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
46. 'Tis woman seduces all mankind - Bernard Dickerson, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
47. A register of the gang - David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
48. Women are bitter bad judges...If any wench Venus' girdle wear - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
49. Yonder comes my husband...Virgins are like the fair flower - Janet Baker, Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
50. Our Polly is a sad slut - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
51. The girl shows...O Polly, you might have toyed... - Anna Pollak, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
52. What is a jointure...The turtle dove thus with plaintive crying... - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
53. Now I am a wretch indeed...Pretty Polly say - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
54. My heart was so free - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
55. Sure, my dear...Were I laid on Greenland's coast... - Janet Baker, Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
56. The miser thus a shilling sees - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
57. But the present time is ours - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
58. Fill ev'ry glass - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
59. It's now high time...Let us take the road - Various Artists, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
60. If the heart of a man - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
61. Mrs Coaxer...Youth's the season made for joys - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
62. It's your own choice...Before the barn-door crowing - Joan Edwards, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
63. But to be sure, sir...The gamesters and lawyers - Joan Edwards, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
64. Constables, wait...At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure - Kenneth McKellar, David Kelly, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
65. Noble Captain, you are welcome - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
66. To see you tortured...Thus when a good housewife sees a rat - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
67. You know, Lucy...The first time at the looking glass.. - Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
68. Is then his fate decreed, sir? - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
69. I will not!...How happy could I be with either... - Janet Baker, Kenneth McKellar, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
70. Really, Miss Peachum, you expose yourself...Cease... - Janet Baker, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
71. Why how now, Madam Flirt? - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
72. No pow'r on earth can e'er divide - Janet Baker, Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
73. To be sure, wench - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
74. Dear, sir, mention not my education...When young at the bar... - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
75. Thus gamesters united in friendship - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
76. Look ye, Mrs. Jenny - Carolyn Maia, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
77. Slippery Sam...The modes of the court - Kenneth McKellar, Roger Jerome, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
78. Keep a watchful eye on Polly...What gudgeons are we men - Bryan Drake, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
79. In the days of my youth - Edith Coates, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
80. Jealousy, rage, love and fear...I'm like a skiff - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
81. A curse attends a woman's love - Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies
82. Come, sweet lass, let's banish sorrow - Heather Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Meredith Davies

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