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Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

8.0 0 mins Music   Drama   2017
BelAir   Teatro Real de Madrid  
Director(s): Jérémie Cuvillier

Release Date: 31 Tue, Jan 2017

The premiere of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd in Madrid is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Teatro Real's bicentennial celebrations. Its magnificent libretto, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville, tells the story of the sailor Billy Budd: a handsome, loyal, generous, strong, naive, and kind young man whose beauty and personality drive the ship's master-at-arms mad. Unable to control the situation, the master crucifies the naive young man without mercy. This new production by the Teatro Real is being presented for the first time in Madrid, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris, under the direction of Deborah Warner, one of the great names in stage direction today.

Casts of Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

Jacques Imbrailo

as Billy Budd

Toby Spence

as Edward Fairfax Vere

Brindley Sherratt

as John Claggart

Thomas Oliemans

as Mr. Redburn

David Soar

as Mr. Flint

Torben Jürgens

as Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Christopher Gillett

as Red Whiskers

Isaac Galán

as Arthur Jones

Duncan Rock

as Donald

Jordi Casanova

as Maintop

Clive Bayley

as Dansker

Borja Quiza

as The Novice's Friend

Sam Furness

as A Novice

Tomeu Bibiloni

as Second Mate

Francisco Vas

as Squeak

Gerardo Bullón

as First Mate

Manel Esteve

as Bosun

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