Billy Budd / [music by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by EM Forster].

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin
Format Video (Streaming)
Publication Info[Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex] : Opus Arte, 2011.
Description1 online resource (193 min.)
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?CLMV;2086381
Subjects

Other author/creatorAinsley, John Mark performer.
Other author/creatorConstable, Paule.
Other author/creatorCrozier, Eric librettist.
Other author/creatorElder, Mark, 1947- conductor.
Other author/creatorEns, Phillip performer.
Other author/creatorForster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 librettist.
Other author/creatorGrandage, Michael director.
Other author/creatorImbrailo, Jacques, performer.
Other author/creatorMelville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
Other author/creatorMoore, John (John Michael), 1981- performer.
Other author/creatorMosley-Evans, Richard, performer.
Other author/creatorOram, Christopher.
Other author/creatorRoden, Tom.
Other author/creatorRose, Matthew (Bass), performer.
Other author/creatorRoussillon, François.
Other author/creatorGlyndebourne Festival Chorus, performer.
Other author/creatorLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
Uniform titleBilly Budd
Abstract Glyndebourne has a proud association with the operas of Benjamin Britten, however until 2010 had never staged Billy Budd. The all-male opera with a libretto co-written by EM Forster, is based on the battle between pure good and blind evil, and is set on a British man-'o-war ship. Michael Grandage, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, chose this work to make his long-awaited operatic debut. Sir Mark Elder returned to conduct the production, marking the 100th opera production in his illustrious career.
General noteLibretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from Herman Melville's Billy Budd.
General noteOpera in two acts.
General noteThis opera includes a brief introduction to the plot at the beginning.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
CreditsDirector, Michael Grandage ; designer, Christopher Oram ; lighting designer, Paule Constable ; movement director, Tom Roden ; TV director, François Roussillon.
Performer John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere) ; Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd) ; Phillip Ens (Claggart) ; Matthew Rose (Mr. Flint) ; Richard Mosley-Evans (Bosun) ; John Moore (Donald) ; supporting soloists ; The Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Mark Elder, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Jun. 2010, Glyndebourne Festival.
Other formsPreviously released as DVD.
LanguageSung in English.
Issued in other formOriginal publisher catalog number OA 1051 D
Genre/formOperas.

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