John Gay: The Beggar's Opera on Blu-ray Disc
The Beggar's Opera
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(Fernsehspielfassung, Regie: Jonathan Miller)
- Laufzeit:
- 135 Min.
- Sound Format:
- stereo
- Picture:
- 4:3
- Subtitles:
- Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Spanisch
- Artists:
- Roger Daltrey, Bob Hoskins, Graham Crowden, Stratford Johns, Gary Tibbs, Gawn Grainger, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Label:
- Arthaus Musik
- Year of recording ca.:
- 1983
- Age release:
- FSK (volunteer German film censoring) approved as of 0 years
- Item number:
- 2547292
- UPC/EAN:
- 4058407092216
- Release date:
- 8.4.2016
Other releases of The Beggar's Opera |
Price |
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| DVD | EUR 7.99* |
Trailers/Video trailers
Anstelle großer ehrenhafter Helden aus der gehobenen Gesellschaft, wie sie aus der ernsten Oper geläufig sind, stehen in The Beggar's Opera vor allem Verbrecher aus der untersten Schicht im Rampenlicht, die allerdings von der Richtigkeit und Ehrenhaftigkeit ihres Tuns überzeugt sind und dies in pathetischen Phrasen kundtun.
Während die Opernparodie zumeist auf recht allgemeiner Ebene verharrt, finden sich hier konkrete Bezugnahmen auf den berühmtesten Vertreter der italienischen Oper in England, Georg Friedrich Händel, wobei es John Gays Intention war, sich über das Genre insgesamt zu belustigen und dem Sittenverfall seiner Zeit ein Denkmal zu setzen. Bei der Uraufführung der Beggar's Opera am 29. Januar 1728 verzichteten Gay und Pepusch weitgehend auf professionelle Sänger, ließen vor allem Schauspieler singen - und erzielten innerhalb kurzer Zeit einen großen Publikumserfolg.
Vor diesem Hintergrund ist es nur folgerichtig und durchaus reizvoll, daß auch Gardiner auf Schauspieler und Sänger zurückgreift, die eigentlich nicht aus der Welt der Oper stammen.
Reviews
FonoForum 10/05: »Schauspiel-Star Bob Hoskins gibt den herrlich schmierigen Bettler, Stratford Johns schwitzt als Peachum seine ganze saftige Hinterlist aus. Und natürlich lässt der Dirigent Gardiner keinen Zweifel aufkommen, dass man sich auf allerhöchstem Niveau amüsieren kann - wenn federnder Schwung und tänzerische Leichtigkeit so farbig und rhythmisch zustechend ausgespielt werden.«»Roger Daltrey singt brillant, auch die anderen Rollen sind superb besetzt.« (Audio, Juli 2016)
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Disk 1 von 1 (Blu-ray Disc)
The Beggar's Opera (Oper in 3 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme) (arr. von Jeremy Barlow und John Eliot Gardiner)
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1 Overture (1. Akt)
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2 Through all the employments of life
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3 Sir, Black Moll hath sent word - Tis Woman that seduces all mankind
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4 But 'tis now high time to look about me
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5 What of Bob Booty, husband? - If any wench Venus' girdle wear - If love the Virgin's heart invade
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6 Never was a man more out of the way - A maid is like the golden ore
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7 Come hither, Filch
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8 I know as well as any of the fine ladies - Virgins are like a fair flower on its luster
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9 Our Polly is a sad slut - Can love be controlled by advice - O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed - I, like a...
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10 Dear wife, be a little pacified - A fox may steal your hens
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11 Twas only Nimming Ned - Oh, ponder well! Be not severe - The turtle thus with plaintive crying
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12 The thing, husband, must and shall be done
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13 Now I'm a wretch, indeed
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14 Pretty Polly, say - My heart was so free - Were I laid on Greenland's coast - O what pain is it to part! - The miser...
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15 Prithee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom? - Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us (2. Akt)
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16 Gentlemen, well met - Let us take the road
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17 What a fool is a fond wench! - If the heart of a man is depressed with cares
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18 Dear Mrs. Coaxer, you are welcome - Youth's the season made for joys - Before the barndoor crowing - The gamesters...
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19 I seize you, Sir, as my prisoner - At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure
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20 Look ye, Mrs. Jenny
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21 Noble Captain, you are welcome
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22 Man may escape from rope and gun
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23 You base man, you - Thus when a good housewife sees a rat in her trap - How cruel are the traitors - The first time...
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24 In this last affair, brother Peachum, we are agreed - When you censure the age
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25 Whence come you, hussy - Is then his fate decreed, Sir? - You'll think, e'er many days ensue
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26 Though the ordinary was out of the way today - If you at an Office solicit your due
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27 Where is my dear husband? - Thus when the swallow, seeking prey - How happy could I be with either - I'm bubbled. I'm...
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28 Ah, hussy, hussy - No power on earth can e'er divide
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29 I am naturally compassionate - I like the fox shall grieve
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30 To be sure, wench - When young at the bar you first taught me to score - My love is all madness and folly (3. Akt)
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31 Peachum then intends to outwit me in this affair - Thus gamesters united in friendship are found
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32 Why boy, thou lookest as if thou wer half starv'd
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33 I am sorry, gentleman - The modes of the Court
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34 The coronation account, brother Peachum, is of so intricate nature - What gudgeons are we men
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35 Dear Mrs. Dye, your servant - In the days of my youth
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36 Jealousy, rage, love and fear - I'm like a skiff on the ocean
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37 Dear madam, your servant - When a wife's in her pout - A curse attends that woman's love - Among the man, coquets we...
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38 Come, Miss Polly
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39 Set your heart to rest, Captain - Hither dear husband, turn your eyes - Which way shall I turn me - When my hero in...
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40 O cruel, cruel, cruel case - Of all the friends in time of grief - Since I must swing - But now again my spirits sink...
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41 For my having broke prison
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42 My dear Lucy - My dear Polly - Would I might be hanged
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43 But, honest friend - I hope you don't intend
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44 Thus I stand like the Turk
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