When Samuel Arnold wrote his opera Polly in 1777, he used John Gay‘s libretto to The Beggar’s Opera as a starting point. Unlike the earlier piece, which never reached the stage due to government censorship, Polly was a huge success and established Samuel Arnold as London’s leading theatre composer of the time. Still, it has taken Naxos, and the Aradia Ensemble under Kevin Mallon to make the first ever recording of this charming and delightful piece.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.660241

 

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Tags: Andrew Mahon, Aradia Ensemble, Baroque Opera, Bud Roach, Eve Rachel McLeod, Gillian Grossman, Jason Nedecky, Kevin Mallon, Laura Albino, Lawrence Wiliford, Loralie Kirkpatrick, Marion Newman, Matthew Grosfeld, Polly, Samuel Arnold

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