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