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Baroque meets jukebox musical in a wryly topical Beggar’s Opera at EIF

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Reviewed at King's Theatre, Edinburgh, Edinburgh on 16 August 2018
Gay, The Beggar's Opera
William Christie, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director
James Brandily, Set Designer
Petra Reinhardt, Costume Designer
Robert Burt, Mr Peachum
Beverley Klein, Mrs Peachum
Olivia Brereton, Lucy Lockit
Kate Batter, Polly Peachum
Benjamin Purkiss, Macheath
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****1
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*****
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****1
Canadian Opera's Orfeo returns elegant, restrained and very satisfying
*****
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***11
To the Moon and back: Janáček’s Mr Brouček visits Berlin
*****
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