Ballad opera in three acts by John Gay. Sung in English. VHS ; stereo Hi-fi. "A BBC production in association with RM Arts." "0076" Roger Daltrey (Macheath) ; Bob Hoskins (The Beggar) ; Graham Crowden (The Player) ; Stratford Johns (Peachum) ; Patricia Routledge (Mrs. Peachum) ; Carol Hall (Polly Peachum). The English Baroque Soloists ; John Eliot Gardiner, musical director.
Summary:
A ballad opera set among London's criminal classes, full of satirical jibes about corruption in high places.
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