Augsburger Puppenkiste Sergei Prokofiev, a symphonic fairy-tale for children, as well as Bastien und Bastienne, a comic opera composed by Mozart. In 1985, the theatre staged another one of Mozart's works: The Magic Flute. The opera was adapted for marionettes by Walter Oehmichens son-in-law, Hanns-Joachim Marschall. In the course of the adaption, Marschall slightly changed the opera, cutting out long arias. He also engaged actors with trained singing voices to speak and sing the parts of the characters. Thus, every puppet had a double cast: a manipulator and a speaker. The same strategy was used for the adaption of Mozart’s The Abduction
Act One (Beggars Opera album) released a somewhat successful single, "Sarabande", which was not included in the album in its original LP edition, but appears in the CD reissue. The album includes many elements of symphonic progressive rock, including a number references to classical music (e.g.,"Poet and Peasant" and "Light Cavalry" by Franz von Suppé and Grieg's "Peer Gynt"), an Emerson-esque keyboard section featuring organ and Hammond, complex arrangements, and long "suites" (most notably "Raymond's Road"). Act One (Beggars Opera album) Act One is the debut album of the Scottish progressive band Beggars Opera. Variously classified as symphonic rock, progressive rock or proto-progressive rock, Beggars