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William Christie

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A Newly Reconstructed Version of *The Beggars Opera*, Directed by Karsen with Music by Christie*The Beggars Opera* is a ballad opera by John Gay and Johann Christoph Pepusch. Since the original score from that era has not survived in its entirety, various reconstructed and reworked versions exist; however, this productionfeaturing a new staging by the opera worlds maverick Robert Carsen, which premiered in 2018 at the Thtre du Bouffes-du-Nord in Parisis a bold reimagining that transposes the action to the present day, with a set consisting of mountains of cardboard boxes arranged like building blocks. Centered on MacHeatha handsome, womanizing fugitivethe opera features a cast of outlaws, prostitutes, and corrupt police officers inhabiting Londons underworld, unfolding as a scathing satire that exposes the hypocrisy of the era and society. With the exception of a handful of opera singers, t