Release Date

31 Jan, 2017

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

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Actors

Jacques Imbrailo

Toby Spence

Brindley Sherratt

Thomas Oliemans

David Soar

Torben Jürgens

Christopher Gillett

Isaac Galán

Duncan Rock

Jordi Casanova

Clive Bayley

Borja Quiza

Sam Furness

Tomeu Bibiloni

Francisco Vas

Gerardo Bullón

Manel Esteve

Crew

Deborah Warner

Emmanuelle Conso

Jérémie Cuvillier

E.M. Forster

Eric Crozier

Herman Melville

Xavier Dubois

François Duplat

Jean Kalman

Chloe Obolensky

Natalia Camacho

Benjamin Britten

Ivor Bolton

Martial Barrault