Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

Jan 31, 2017

★ 8.0

Overview

The premiere of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd in Madrid is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Teatro Real's bicentennial celebrations. Its magnificent libretto, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville, tells the story of the sailor Billy Budd: a handsome, loyal, generous, strong, naive, and kind young man whose beauty and personality drive the ship's master-at-arms mad. Unable to control the situation, the master crucifies the naive young man without mercy. This new production by the Teatro Real is being presented for the first time in Madrid, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris, under the direction of Deborah Warner, one of the great names in stage direction today.

Genres

Music

Drama

Production Companies

BelAir

Teatro Real de Madrid

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Cast

Billy Budd

Jacques Imbrailo

Edward Fairfax Vere

Toby Spence

John Claggart

Brindley Sherratt

Mr. Redburn

Thomas Oliemans

Mr. Flint

David Soar

Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Torben Jürgens

Red Whiskers

Christopher Gillett

Arthur Jones

Isaac Galán

Donald

Duncan Rock

Maintop

Jordi Casanova

Dansker

Clive Bayley

The Novice's Friend

Borja Quiza

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