Musical Bacon: John Gay

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Jeremy Barlow	conductor	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue / Overture, The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
The Broadside Band	performing orchestra	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue / Overture, The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
Johann Christoph Pepusch	arranger	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
Charles Daniels (tenor)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A fox may steal your hens, sir" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Through all the employments of life" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue "Sir, Black Moll hath sent word" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "But 'tis now high time to look about me" (Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Dear wife, be a little pacified" (Peachum, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "The thing, husband, must and shall be done" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "What of Bob Booty, husband?" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath)
Adrian Thompson (tenor)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "At the tree I shall suffer with pleasure" (Macheath, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Man may escape from rope and gun" (Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Dear Mrs Coaxer, you are welcome" (Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "I seize you, sir, as my prisoner" (Peachum, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "What a fool is a fond wench!" (Macheath)
Bronwen Mills (Soprano)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "I like a ship in storms was tossed" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "My heart was so free" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O what pain it is to part!" (Polly, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Pretty Polly, say" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The miser thus a shilling sees" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre" (Polly, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Were I laid on Greenland's coast" (Macheath, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "I know as well as any of the fine ladies" (Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Now I'm a wretch" (Polly)
Sarah Walker (British mezzosoprano)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air "If any wench Venus's girdle wear" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "A maid is like the golden ore" (Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Can love be control'd by advice?" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "If love the virgin's heart invade" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "O Polly, you might have toy'd and kissed" (Mrs Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Oh, ponder well! be not severe" (Polly, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "Our Poly is a sad slut!" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum, Polly), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "The turtle thus with plaintive crying" (Polly, Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "'Twas only Nimming Ned" (Polly, Peachum, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Come hither, Filch" (Mrs Peachum, Filch), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Dear wife, be a little pacified" (Peachum, Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Never was a man more out the way in an argument" (Mrs Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "The thing, husband, must and shall be done" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "What of Bob Booty, husband?" (Mrs Peachum, Peachum)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
Roger Bryson	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Let us take the road" (Matt), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Gentlemen, well met" (Macheath, Matt)
Ian Honeyman (English tenor, specialized in Baroque and early music)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Air. "'Tis woman that seduces all mankind" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue "Sir, Black Moll hath sent word" (Filch, Peachum), The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Dialogue. "Come hither, Filch" (Mrs Peachum, Filch)
Robert Torday	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "If the heart of a man is deprest with cares" (Macheath, Drawer), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Christopher Lemmings	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Jenevora Williams	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "The gamesters and lawyers are jugglers alike" (Jenny, Tawdry, Macheath)
Alasdair Baker	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Claire Rutter (Soprano)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
Caroline Harrison	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
Lucy Hayward	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
Roy Rashbrook	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
René Linnenbank	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Helen Lothian	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Before the barn door crowing" (Jenny, Macheath, Trull, Tawdry, Slammekin, Vixen), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Look ye, Mrs Jenny" (Vixen, Coaxer, Slammekin, Trull, Jenny)
Timothy Taylor	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Karl Morgan (Actor)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Fill ev'ry glass, for wine inspires us" (Matt, company), The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "But pr'ythee, Matt, what is become of thy brother Tom?" (Ben, Matt, Jemmy, Jack, Wat, Robin, Ned, Harry)
Richard Jackson (baritone)	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Dialogue. "Noble Captain, you are welcome" (Lockit, Macheath)
Polly Kirwan	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act II. Air. "Youth's the season made for joys" (Macheath, Jenny, Coaxer, Vixen, Brazen)
Ian Caddy	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Introduction "If poverty be a title to poetry" (Beggar, Player)
Bob Hoskins	vocal	The Beggar's Opera: Act I. The Beggar's Opera: Act I. Introduction "If poverty be a title to poetry" (Beggar, Player)

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