Billy Budd

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.

Regie

Barrie Gavin

Drehbuch

Eric Crozier

Drehbuch

E.M. Forster

Drehbuch

Herman Melville

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

01/01/1988

Originalsprache

Englisch