Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	27th August 2013
To	27th August 2013
When	19:00
Prices	From £14.00. To £57.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 1 May 13 - T798882666

Prom 60 - Britten - Billy Budd

Work:: Prom 60 (S5997)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Britten - Billy Budd (T798882666)

Semi Staged. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the cast and chorus of Glyndebourne Festival's production of Britten's Billy Budd. Adapted by E. M. Forster and Eri Crozier from Herman Melville's unfinished novella, Britten's 1951 opera on the persecution and destruction of pure-hearted sailor Billy by a predatory master-at-arms is a tragedy of 'sexual discharge gone evil' in the Napoleonic Wars. Jacques Imbrailo sings the title-role, with Brindley Sherratt as the sinister Claggart and Mark Padmore as the rule-bound Pontius Pilate figure, Captain 'Starry' Vere. There will be one interval. Finish time: approx. 22:15

Performer	Jacques Imbrailo (baritone - Billy Budd)
Performer	Mark Padmore (tenor - Captain Vere)
Performer	Brindley Sherratt (bass - John Claggart)
Performer	Stephen Gadd (baritone - Mr Redburn)
Performer	David Soar (bass - Mr Flint)
Performer	Darren Jeffery (bass-baritone - Lieutenant Radcliffe)
Performer	Alasdair Elliott (tenor - Red Whiskers)
Performer	John Moore (baritone - Donald)
Performer	Jeremy White (bass - Dansker)
Performer	Peter Gijsbertsen (tenor - The Novice)
Performer	Colin Judson (tenor - Squeak)
Performer	Richard Mosley-Evans (bass - Bosun)
Company	Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Company	London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor	Andrew Davis (Sir)

Listing:: L1810402221

Britten - Billy Budd

Semi Staged. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra and the cast and chorus of Glyndebourne Festival's production of Britten's Billy Budd. Adapted by E. M. Forster and Eri Crozier from Herman Melville's unfinished novella, Britten's 1951 opera on the persecution and destruction of pure-hearted sailor Billy by a predatory master-at-arms is a tragedy of 'sexual discharge gone evil' in the Napoleonic Wars. Jacques Imbrailo sings the title-role, with Brindley Sherratt as the sinister Claggart and Mark Padmore as the rule-bound Pontius Pilate figure, Captain 'Starry' Vere. There will be one interval. Finish time: approx. 22:15

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