Organization

Conductor

Brian MacKay

Stage director

Seán Ó Tárpaigh

Costume designer

Paul McCauley

Set designer

Lighting designer

Paul Keogan

Repetiteur

Dearbhla Collins

Singer

Beggar

Colette McGahon

Mrs. Peachum

Kathleen Tynan

Polly Peachum

Hal Cazalet

Macheath

Eugene Ginty

Filch

Sam McElroy

Lockit

Catherine Hegarty

Lucy Lockit

Victoria Massey

Diana Trapes

Maggie Killian

Jenny Diver

Opera Theatre Company

The Beggar's Opera

Kilkenny

Ireland

Watergate Theatre

Cork

Everyman

Tralee

Siamsa Tíre

Galway

Town Hall Theatre

Enniskillen

United Kingdom

Ardhowen Theatre

Mullingar

Mullingar Arts Centre

Londonderry

Rialto Theater

Dundalk

Town Hall

Dublin

O'Reilly Theatre

Armagh

Market Place Theatre

The Beggar's Opera Pepusch

Public

Approved

This production toured to ten theatres nationwide with eleven performances. Before the start of John Gay's satirical ballad opera, the Beggar and the Player introduce the piece. The Beggar explains that the piece is truly an opera; though in contrast to a normal opera, it has no recitative and it is not "unnatural." The Player concludes their witty dialogue with "Play away the overture!"; and they do. Gay's "The Beggar's Opera" explores a cast of eccentric characters navigating through times of love, lust, and deceit. In the end, the Beggar ensures a happy ending, “in the interest of operatic convention”.

English

The Beggar's Opera by Pepusch, From (2001/2001), Directed by Seán Ó Tárpaigh,, Conductor Brian MacKay, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin, Ireland

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues