Billy Budd

Overview

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.

Cast

Thomas Allen

Billy Budd

Philip Langridge

Captain Vere

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Richard van Allen

Claggart

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Phillip Guy-Bromley

Mr flint

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Clive Bayley

RatCliffe

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Edward Byles

Red Whiskers

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Neil Howlett

Mr Redburn