| Description |
1 online resource (193 min.) |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from Herman Melville's Billy Budd |
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Opera in two acts |
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This opera includes a brief introduction to the plot at the beginning |
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Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014) |
| Credits |
Director, 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 |
| Event |
Recorded Jun. 2010, Glyndebourne Festival |
| Notes |
Previously released as DVD |
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Sung in English |
| Subject |
Operas
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Sailors -- Drama
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Seafaring life -- Drama
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Ainsley, John Mark.
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Constable, Paule
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Crozier, Eric.
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Elder, Mark, 1947-
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Ens, Phillip.
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Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
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Grandage, Michael.
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Imbrailo, Jacques.
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Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
Billy Budd
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Moore, John (John Michael), 1981-
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Mosley-Evans, Richard.
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Oram, Christopher
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Roden, Tom
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Rose, Matthew, (Bass)
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Roussillon, François
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Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
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