Based on the literary masterpiece by Herman Melville, Britten's opera tells the tale of a young seaman, Billy Budd, who has been press-ganged onto HMS Indomitable during war with the French. Billy is persecuted malevolently by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, the stammering Budd...
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 |
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| Corporate Author: |
English National Opera. Orchestra |
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| Other Authors: |
Crozier, Eric
(Librettist),
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
(Librettist),
Atherton, David, 1944-
(Conductor),
Albery, Tim
(Director),
Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010,
Allen, Thomas, 1944-,
Van Allan, Richard,
Howlett, Neil,
Guy-Bromley, Phillip (Bass-baritone),
Bayley, Clive,
Byles, Edward,
Richardson, Mark, 1966-,
Connell, John, 1956-2007,
Banks, Barry,
Milner, Howard,
Booth-Jones, Christopher,
Rivers, Malcolm,
Cunningham, Anthony (Bass),
Ross, Christopher (Bass),
Reaville, Richard (Singer) |
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| Format: | Video
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
ArtHaus Musik,
1988.
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| Series: | Opera in video.
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| Subjects: | |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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