释义 |
Beggar's Opera, TheˌBeggar's ˈOpera, The a funny opera by John Gay, first produced in 1728. It tells the story of a thief called Macheath, who is sent to Newgate prison, where he meets a woman called Lucy and makes his wife Polly jealous. A modern opera called the threepenny opera, by Bertolt Brecht, is based on this. |