The Resource Billy Budd : opera in two acts, 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, (videorecording)

Billy Budd : opera in two acts, 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, (videorecording)

Label
Billy Budd : opera in two acts
Title
Billy Budd
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
Art director
Composer
Conductor
Costume designer
Film director
Instrumentalist
Librettist
Lighting designer
Production company
Publisher
Singer
Stage director
Television producer
Subject
Genre
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1913-1976
  • 1879-1970
  • 1959-
  • 1961-
  • 1942-
  • 1977-
  • 1819-1891
  • 1913-1976
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Britten, Benjamin
  • Forster, E. M.
  • Crozier, Eric
  • Warner, Deborah
  • Dubois, Xavier
  • Camacho, Natalia
  • Cuvillier, Jérémie
  • Levine, Michael
  • Obolensky, Chloe
  • Kalman, Jean
  • Imbrailo, Jacques
  • Spence, Toby
  • Sherratt, Brindley
  • Oliemans, Thomas
  • Soar, David
  • Bolton, Ivor
  • Melville, Herman
  • Britten, Benjamin
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
  • Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
  • Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain)
  • Royal Opera House (London, England)
  • Teatro dell'opera (Rome, Italy)
  • Bel Air Classiques
Runtime
174
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Operas
  • Impressment
  • Executions and executioners
  • Ship captains
  • Sailors
Technique
live action
Label
Billy Budd : opera in two acts, 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, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Librettist appears as "Edward Morgan Foster" on container and insert
  • Includes program notes by Deborah Warner in English, French, Spanish, and German (29 pages) inserted in container
  • Wide screen (1.78:1)
Bar code
  • 31223131767189
  • 31223131767205
  • 31223131767213
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
  • two-dimensional moving image
  • performed music
Content type code
  • tdi
  • prm
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (174 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
3760115305540
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
BAC554
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1051432136
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
Billy Budd : opera in two acts, 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, (videorecording)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Title from container
  • Librettist appears as "Edward Morgan Foster" on container and insert
  • Includes program notes by Deborah Warner in English, French, Spanish, and German (29 pages) inserted in container
  • Wide screen (1.78:1)
Bar code
  • 31223131767189
  • 31223131767205
  • 31223131767213
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
  • stereophonic
  • quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
  • two-dimensional moving image
  • performed music
Content type code
  • tdi
  • prm
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (174 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
3760115305540
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
BAC554
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)1051432136
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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