The Beggar's Opera

Summary

The Beggar's Opera is a dramatico-musical work^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Beggar's Opera authored John Gay^[3].
• The Beggar's Opera's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work^[4].
• The Beggar's Opera's instance of is recorded as theatrical work^[5].
• The Beggar's Opera's composer is recorded as Johann Christoph Pepusch^[6].
• The Beggar's Opera's librettist is recorded as John Gay^[7].
• The Beggar's Opera's genre is ballad opera^[8].
• The Beggar's Opera's Commons category is recorded as The Beggar's Opera^[9].
• The Beggar's Opera's language of work or name is recorded as English^[10].
• The Beggar's Opera's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Great Britain^[11].
• 1727 marks the founding of The Beggar's Opera^[12].
• The Beggar's Opera was published on 1800^[13].
• The Beggar's Opera's contributor to the creative work or subject is recorded as Jonathan Swift^[14].
• The Beggar's Opera's narrative location is recorded as London^[15].
• The Beggar's Opera's date of first performance is recorded as 1728^[16].
• The Beggar's Opera's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "The Beggar's Opera"}^[17].
• The Beggar's Opera's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}^[18].
• The Beggar's Opera's production date is recorded as 1727^[19].
• The Beggar's Opera's location of first performance is recorded as Lincoln's Inn Fields^[20].
• The Beggar's Opera's derivative work is recorded as Captain Macheath^[21].
• The Beggar's Opera's copyright status is recorded as public domain^[22].
• The Beggar's Opera's form of creative work is recorded as opera^[23].
• The Beggar's Opera's form of creative work is recorded as play^[24].

Product Details

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• Release type: Opera^[25]

• MusicBrainz ID: cb89efe2-d3a5-4976-8a3f-980162ac2ddb^[26]

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Works and Contributions

The Beggar's Opera authored John Gay^[3].

Why It Matters

The Beggar's Opera ranks in the top 7% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]