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.
Cast
- Thomas Allen as Billy Budd
- Philip Langridge as Captain Vere
- Richard van Allen as Claggart
- Phillip Guy-Bromley as Mr flint
- Clive Bayley as RatCliffe
- Edward Byles as Red Whiskers
- Neil Howlett as Mr Redburn