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The Beggars Opera / Glyndebourne Festival wartime tour 1940
Composer: John Gay
Librettist: John Gay
Sung In: English
Version: Frederic Austin
Notes: NB There is some difficulty in recording the run of this opera accurately - Anthony Bernard was conductor. Michael Mudie was assistant conductor and it is not clear who conducted when. By the time the show had gone to the Haymarket, Bernard had left and Frederick Austin and Michael Mudie alternated performances. Therefore all the conductors dates are surmised, not confirmed. It is also difficult to trace when understudies went on.
Performances
16 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
17 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
17 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
18 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
18 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
19 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
20 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details
20 January 1940 at Theatre Royal, Brighton view performance details