Billy Budd : opera in two acts

Resource Information

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Label

Billy Budd : opera in two acts

Title remainder

opera in two acts

Statement of responsibility

Benjamin Britten ; libretto, Edward Morgan Forster 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

Contributor

• Spence, Toby
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
• Forster, E. M., (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
• Obolensky, Chloe, 1942-
• Imbrailo, Jacques
• Camacho, Natalia, (Producer)
• Crozier, Eric
• Sherratt, Brindley
• Dubois, Xavier, (Television producer)
• Kalman, Jean
• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
• Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy)
• Bolton, Ivor
• Cuvillier, Jérémie
• Royal Opera House (London, England)
• Levine, Michael, 1961-
• Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain)
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
• Warner, Deborah, 1959-
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro
• Soar, David
• Oliemans, Thomas, 1977-
• Bel Air Classiques

Art director

• Levine, Michael, 1961-

Composer

• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Conductor

• Bolton, Ivor

Costume designer

• Obolensky, Chloe, 1942-

Film director

• Cuvillier, Jérémie

Instrumentalist

• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid

Librettist

• Forster, E. M., (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
• Crozier, Eric

Lighting designer

• Kalman, Jean

Production company

• Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy)
• Royal Opera House (London, England)
• Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain)

Publisher

• Bel Air Classiques

Singer

• Spence, Toby
• Imbrailo, Jacques
• Sherratt, Brindley
• Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Coro
• Soar, David
• Oliemans, Thomas, 1977-

Stage director

• Warner, Deborah, 1959-

Television producer

• Camacho, Natalia, (Producer)
• Dubois, Xavier, (Television producer)

Subject

• Operas
• Executions and executioners -- Drama
• Ship captains -- Drama
• Sailors -- Drama
• Operas
• Feature films
• Televised performances
• Impressment -- Drama

Genre

• Feature films
• Operas
• Televised performances
• Drama

Language

• ita
• jpn
• kor
• spa
• eng
• eng
• fre
• ger
• eng

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

Cataloging source

TDF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Michael Levine, art director ; Chloe Obolensky, costume designer ; Jean Kalman, lighting designer

Date of event

2017 February

Language note

Sung in English; with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Korean and Japanese

LC call number

M1500

Other event information

Recorded

PerformerNote

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

Place of event

Teatro Real, Madrid, Spain

Runtime

174

Technique

live action