Billy Budd at the Royal Opera House!

 

Deborah Warner’s highly-acclaimed production of Britten’s Billy Budd
will now have its British debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden,
under the baton of Ivor Bolton.
Premiering 2017 at the Teatro Real in Madrid it won
Best New Production at the 2018 Opera Awards.


Benjamin Britten
Billy Budd


Premiere April 23
Performances April 29, May 2, 7, 10
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Ivor Bolton, Musical Director
Deborah Warner, Director
Michael Levine, Set Design
Chloé Obolensky, Costume Design

Jacques Imbrailo, Billy Budd
Toby Spence, Captain Edward Fairfax Vere
Brindley Sherratt, John Claggart
David Soar, Mr. Flint
Thomas Oliemans, Mr. Redburn
Peter Kellner, Lieutenant Ratcliffe
Clive Bayley, Dansker
Alan Ewing, Bosun
Duncan Rock, Donald
Konu Kim, Maintop
Sam Furness, Novice
Dominic Sedgwick, Novice’s Friend
Alasdair Elliott, Squeak
Christopher Gillett, Red Whiskers