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May 21, 2012 | WDC: 68 °F
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The Beggar’s Opera
Castleton Festival
July 24, 2010, 1:00 pm
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Lorin Maazel
Cast: Artists to be announced.
The 1728 influential English masterpiece was reworked and adapted by Benjamin Britten in 1948 as a commemoration to John Gay's original score. The broadcast features the July 15th performance at the Castleton Festival in Rappahannock County, Virginia, recorded by Classical WETA.
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