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The Beggar’s Opera (2008) | Slate

The Beggar’s Opera

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The Beggar’s Opera

The Beggar's Opera is one of the earliest examples of a Musical in the history of theater (from which Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill drew inspiration for the Threepenny Opera). A crowd of thieves and prostitutes, fences and swindlers, speaking various dialects with Peppe Servillo as the shady fence, Angela Baraldi (the wife), Marco Alemanno and opera singer Borja Quiza Martinez (Captain Uccello) directed by Lucio Dalla. New translation and dramaturgical version by Giuseppe Di Leva of John Gay's play transported from the slums of 18th-century London to the Bologna of today.

Released: 2008
Runtime: 2h 4m
Genres: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Language: Italian

Direction and writing

Lucio DallaDirector

John GayTheatre Play

Where to watch

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Cast

Peppe Servillo
Angela Baraldi
Marco Alemanno

BQ

Borja Quiza Martinez

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