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The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43, Act I: It is Your Own Choice - Before the Barn-door Crowing (Jenny Diver, Ladies of the Town, Macheath, Dolly Trull, Suky Tawdry)

Christian Curnyn, City of London Sinfonia, Tom Randle, Miranda Westcott, Bernadette Lord, Siobhain Gibson, Clare McCaldin & Alison Place

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Christian Curnyn

Christian Curnyn

Dirigent:in

City of London Sinfonia

City of London Sinfonia

Orchester

Miranda Westcott

Miranda Westcott

Kontraaltist:in

Susan Bickley

Mezzosopran

Bernadette Lord

Bernadette Lord

Mezzosopran

Siobhain Gibson

Siobhain Gibson

Sopran

Tom Randle

Tenor

Clare McCaldin

Sopran

Alison Place

Mezzosopran

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

Komponist:in

John Gay

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Tyrone Guthrie

Texte

Shazam Footer

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