Ópera do Malandro

Ópera do Malandro
Written byChico Buarque
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Directed byLuiz Antônio Martinez Corrêa

Ópera do Malandro (transl.The Scoundrel's Opera) is a 1979 Brazilian musical play written by Chico Buarque and directed by Luiz Antônio Martinez Corrêa. It is inspired by John Gay’s The Beggar's Opera and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera. The play is a tribute to Paulo Pontes, who died in 1976.