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.
Barrie Gavin
Director
Eric Crozier
Writer
E.M. Forster
Writer
Herman Melville
Writer
Thomas Allen
Billy Budd
Philip Langridge
Captain Vere
Richard van Allen
Claggart
Phillip Guy-Bromley
Mr flint
Clive Bayley
RatCliffe
Edward Byles
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Neil Howlett
Mr Redburn
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