Billy Budd
2 hr 35 min
English
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.
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC, RM Arts, ENO: English National Opera
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Top Cast
Thomas Allen as Billy Budd
Philip Langridge as Captain Vere
Richard van Allen as Claggart
Phillip Guy-Bromley as Mr flint
Clive Bayley as RatCliffe
Top Crew
Barrie Gavin · Director
Eric Crozier · Writer
E.M. Forster · Writer
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