Billy Budd : opera in two acts / Benjamin Britten ; libretto, Edward Morgan Foster and Eric Crozier after Billy Budd by Herman Melville ; new production of Teatro Real in coproduction with Royal Opera House (London) and Opera di Roma ; stage direction, Deborah Warner ; produced by Xavier Dubois & Natalia Camacho ; directed by Jérémie Cuvillier.
Publisher:
Bel Air Classiques,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (174 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from container. Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd) ; Toby Spence (Edward Fairfax Vere) ; Brindley Sherratt (John Claggart) ; Thomas Oliemans (Mr. Redburn) ; David Soar (Mr. Flint) ; with various other soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Real de Madrid ; Ivor Bolton, conductor. Recorded 2017 February Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain. Booklet with program notes by Deborah Warner in English, French, Spanish, and German (29 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.
Summary:
Story of Captain Vere and his reflections upon past memories and experiences with Billy Budd aboard the HMS Indomitable during the French Revolutionary War in the late 18th century.
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