George Rodwell: Jack Sheppard

Musically, the result is no great shakes but the whole thing fills up an hour or so very nicely as an example of a once hugely popular entertainment. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2024, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording)

Release Date: 10th Nov 2023
Catalogue No: RO010
Label: Retrospect Opera

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Rodwell, G: Jack Sheppard

Simon Butteriss, Charli Baptie, Peter Benedict, Stephen Higgins

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Jack Sheppard of 1839 was one of the most successful examples of the Victorian melodrama. This pioneering recording, adapted for chamber forces, includes some of the greatest musical hits of the early Victorian period. The real Jack Sheppard (1702-1724) was one of London's most celebrated villains, and this is a dramatic story of crime and punishment.

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January 2024

Musically, the result is no great shakes but the whole thing fills up an hour or so very nicely as an example of a once hugely popular entertainment.

George Rodwell: Jack Sheppard

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