Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he…
Set in a small Ukrainian village during the outbreak of war with Germany in 1941 Private Chonkin, not overly endowed with intelligence, is left to guard a downed military aircraft….
Unlike any other opera, the so-called Beggar’s Opera is not just one composition, but a lineage of adapted compositions, beginning with the original hugely successful 1728 political satire written by…