Name: Billy Budd
Start: 1997-02-26T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1997-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Tenor

Peter David Kazaras

Captain Edward Fairfax Vere

Philip Langridge

Baritone

Dwayne Croft

Billy Budd

Bass

James Morris

John Claggart

Victor Braun

Mr Redburn

Julien Robbins

Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Bass-baritone

James Courtney

Mr Flint

Robert Brubaker

Red Whiskers

Kim Josephson

Donald

Paul Plishka

Dansker

Tony Stevenson

A novice

Nathan Gunn

The novice's friend

Bernard Fitch

Squeak

Thomas Hammons

Bosun

Bradley Garvin

First mate

Kevin Short

Second mate

John Osborn

Maintop

Anthony Dean Griffey

Arthur Jones

Charles Anthony

Conductor

Steuart Bedford

Stage director

John Dexter

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

John Dexter’s brilliant production of Britten’s searing opera stars Dwayne Croft in the title role of the handsome young sailor whose kindness and innocence cause his downfall. The great James Morris is Claggart, master-at-arms on the 18th-century warship Indomitable, who falsely accuses Billy of inciting a mutiny. Philip Langridge sings Captain Vere, the honest commander who knows that Billy is innocent but finds himself unable to save him. Steuart Bedford, Britten’s close collaborator during the last years of the composer’s life, is on the podium.

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Program

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