Organization

Sänger

Bariton

Jacques Imbrailo

Billy Budd

Tenor

Toby Spence

Kapitän Vere

Bass

Brindley Sherratt

Johann Claggart

Bass-Bariton

David Soar

Herr Flint

Thomas Oliemans

Herr Redburn

Peter Kellner

Leutnant Ratcliffe

Clive Bayley

Dansker

Alan Ewing

Bootsmann

Duncan Rock

Donald

Konu Kim

Ausguck

Sam Furness

Der Neuling

Dominic Sedgwick

Freund des Neulings

Alasdair Elliott

Quietschen

Christopher Gillett

Rote Schnurrhaare

Ross Ramgobin

1. Maat

Simon Wilding

2. Maat

Dirigat

Ivor Bolton

Regie

Deborah Warner

Bühnenbild

Michael Levine

Kostümbild

Chloe Obolensky

Lichtgestaltung

Jean Kalman

Choreographie

Kim Brandstrup

Royal Opera House

Englisch

London

Vereinigtes Königreich

Billy Budd Britten

Public

Genehmigt

Britten wrote Billy Budd to a commission from the Arts Council of Great Britain for the 1951 Festival of Britain. It is based on the American writer Herman Melville's novel Billy Budd, Sailor, which was particularly popular in England. Britten and his librettists E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier collaborated in crafting the opera's text, and gave greater prominence to Captain Vere - the role Britten wrote for his partner Peter Pears - than in Melville's novel. Billy Budd's premiere was at the Royal Opera House in 1951. It was initially in four acts. Britten subsequently created a two-act version, which was given its stage premiere at the Royal Opera House in 1964 and is the one usually performed today.

Billy Budd is Britten's grandest opera, particularly in its use of the male chorus in numbers such as Act I's playful sea shanties and the rousing Act II chorus 'This is the moment'. Others of the many highlights include Claggart's aria of malevolence 'O beauty, handsomeness, goodness!', Billy's poignant monologue (Billy in the Darbies) as he awaits execution and Vere's morally tortured opening and closing monologues. Deborah Warner's tender, character-focused staging and Michael Levine's semi-abstract sets give a sense of the intimacy that develops among men living at close quarters at sea, and highlights the contrasting lives of the officers above decks and the men below.

English

Billy Budd by Britten, Ab (2019/2019), Unter der Regie von Deborah Warner,, Dirigat Ivor Bolton, Royal Opera House, London, Vereinigtes Königreich

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