John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Prologue
If Poverty Be a Title to Poetry
Richard Bonynge, Warren Mitchell, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Michael Hordern
Gay: The Beggar's Opera
Joan Sutherland, Michael Hordern, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Alfred Marks, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Regina Resnik, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act I
Through All the Employments of Life
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Mariotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tis Woman That Seduces All Mankind
Alfredo Mariotti, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge
If Any Wench Venus' Girdle Wear
Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge
A Maid Is Like The Golden Ore
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Virgins Are Like the Fair Flower in Its Lustre
Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge
Our Polly Is a Sad Slut
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti
Can Love Be Controll'd by Advice
Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury
O Polly, You Might Have Toyed and Kissed
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Richard Bonynge, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
A Fox May Steal Your Hens, Sir
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Richard Bonynge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
O Ponder Well, Be Not Severe – The Turtle Thus With Plaintive Crying
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Angela Lansbury
Pretty Polly Say
Were I Laid On Greenland's Coast
Yes, I Would Go With Thee – O! What Pain It Is to Part!
Fill Ev'ry Glass
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Graham Clark, Richard Bonynge, John Gibbs, James Morris
Handel: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
If the Heart of a Man Is Depressed With Cares
James Morris, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Warren Mitchell
Youth's the Season Made for Joys
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ann Murray, Richard Bonynge, James Morris, Anne Wilkens
Before the Barn Door Crowing
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Ann Murray, Richard Bonynge, James Morris, Anne Wilkens
The Gamesters and Lawyers Are Jugglers Alike
Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Alfredo Mariotti, Ann Murray, Anne Wilkens
At the Tree I Shall Suffer With Pleasure
Man May Escape from Rope and Gun
Thus When a Good Housewife Sees a Rat
How Cruel Are the Traitors
The First Time At the Looking-Glass
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
When You Censure the Age
Is Then His Fate Decreed, Sir?
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
You'll Think, Ere Many Days Ensue
Thus When the Swallow
How Happy Could I Be With Either
Cease Your Funning
Why How Now, Madam Flirt?
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act II
No. Pow'r On Earth Can E'er Divide
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
Introduction – To Be Sure, Wench, You Must've Been
And so You Have Let Him Escape – My Love Is All Madness
The Modes of the Court
What Gudgeons Are We Men
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Richard Bonynge, Stafford Dean, Regina Resnik, Alfredo Mariotti, National Philharmonic Orchestra
The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
in the Days of My Youth
Alfredo Mariotti, Regina Resnik, Joan Sutherland, Stafford Dean, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
I'm Like a Skiff On the Ocean Tossed
Come, Sweet Lass, Let's Banish Sorrow
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Alfredo Mariotti, Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Stafford Dean
Hither, Dear Husband, Turn Your Eyes
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, Joan Sutherland
Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
Which Way Shall I Turn Me
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
When My Hero in Court Appears
When He Holds Up His Hand
Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, Joan Sutherland, Stafford Dean, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra
John Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
O Cruel, Cruel Case
Richard Bonynge, Alfredo Mariotti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Joan Sutherland
Would I Might Be Hanged!
Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Mariotti, James Morris, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
But, Honest Friend, I Hope You Don't Intend
Warren Mitchell, Richard Bonynge, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Morris, Michael Hordern
Johann C. Pepusch: The Beggar's Opera (Ed. Bonynge & Gamley), Act III
Production
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- James LockBalance Engineer
- Stanley GoodallBalance Engineer