Organization

Cantante

Baritono

Jacques Imbrailo

Billy Budd

Tenore

Toby Spence

Comandante Vere

Basso

Brindley Sherratt

John Claggart

Basso-baritono

David Soar

Sig. Flint

Thomas Oliemans

Sig. Redburn

Peter Kellner

Luogotenente Ratcliffe

Clive Bayley

Dansker

Alan Ewing

Nostromo

Duncan Rock

Donald

Konu Kim

Coffa di maestra

Sam Furness

Un novizio

Dominic Sedgwick

L'amico del novizio

Alasdair Elliott

Squeak

Christopher Gillett

Red Whiskers

Ross Ramgobin

Primo ufficiale

Simon Wilding

Secondo ufficiale

Direzione d'orchestra

Ivor Bolton

Regia

Deborah Warner

Scenografia

Michael Levine

Costumi

Chloe Obolensky

Luci

Jean Kalman

Coreografia

Kim Brandstrup

Royal Opera House

inglese

Londra

Regno Unito

Billy Budd Britten

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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, Da (2019/2019), Diretto da Deborah Warner,, Direttore d'orchestra Ivor Bolton, Royal Opera House, Londra, Regno Unito

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