Overview

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.

Top Cast

Thomas Allen

Billy Budd

Philip Langridge

Captain Vere

R

Richard van Allen

Claggart

P

Phillip Guy-Bromley

Mr flint

C

Clive Bayley

RatCliffe

E

Edward Byles

Red Whiskers

N

Neil Howlett

Mr Redburn