Details
Satirical look at opera and the upper classes. The opera is set around the love of an innocent girl, daughter of criminal parents, for a highwayman. Contains such great lines as "hang your husband and be dutiful", "do you think your mother and I would have been happy had we been married?".
The Beggar's Opera website.
Creatives/Company
Author:
John GayCompany:
Central Festival OperaDirector:
Tom HawkesConductor(s):
Stuart Stratford,
Graham Tear (Oct 3)