Britten: Billy Budd (Glyndebourne)

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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.

Captain Vere: John Mark Ainsley
Billy Budd: Jacques Imbrailo
Claggart: Phillip Ens
Mr Redburn: Iain Paterson
Mr Flint: Matthew Rose
Lieutenant Ratcliffe: Darren Jeffery
Red Whiskers: Alasdair Elliott
Donald: John Moore
Dansker: Jeremy White
Novice: Ben Johnson
Squeak: Colin Judson
Bosun: Richard Mosley-Evans

The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Mark Elder

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• Opus Arte
• Glyndebourne Opera House
• John Mark Ainsley
• Jacques Imbrailo
• Phillip Ens
• Iain Paterson
• Matthew Rose
• Darren Jeffery
• Alasdair Elliott
• John Moore
• Jeremy White
• Ben Johnson
• Colin Judson
• Richard Mosley-Evans
• The Glyndebourne Chorus
• London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Mark Elder

[Sieglinde84]

I have this - very, very good! Imbrailo is one of the best Billys around, such a fresh, beautiful voice, and he captures his youthful innocence very well.

And Ainsley's Vere is just how it should be done, sensitive, vulnerable, full of doubts.

[fmiglio437]

molto interessante