Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

The story

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.

Cast

J Jacques ImbrailoBilly Budd T Toby SpenceEdward Fairfax Vere B Brindley SherrattJohn Claggart T Thomas OliemansMr. Redburn D David SoarMr. Flint T Torben JürgensLieutenant Ratcliffe C Christopher GillettRed Whiskers I Isaac GalánArthur Jones D Duncan RockDonald J Jordi CasanovaMaintop C Clive BayleyDansker B Borja QuizaThe Novice's Friend

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S Sam FurnessA Novice T Tomeu BibiloniSecond Mate F Francisco VasSqueak G Gerardo BullónFirst Mate M Manel EsteveBosun