Organization

Singer

Tenor

John Mark Ainsley

Captain Edward Fairfax Vere

Baritone

Jacques Imbrailo

Billy Budd

Bass

Phillip Ens

John Claggart

Iain Paterson

Mr Redburn

Bass-baritone

Matthew Rose

Mr Flint

Darren Jeffery

Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Alasdair Elliott

Red Whiskers

John Moore

Donald

Jeremy White

Dansker

Ben Johnson

A novice

Colin Judson

Squeak

Richard Mosley-Evans

Bosun

Peter Gijsbertsen

Maintop

Conductor

Mark Elder

Stage director

Michael Grandage

Set designer

Christopher Oram

Lighting designer

Paule Constable

Michael Wallace

First mate

Alexander Robin Baker

The novice's friend

John-Owen Miley-Read

Second mate

Toby Girling

Arthur Jones

Chorus master

Jeremy Bines

Others

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

United Kingdom

Opera House

Ebert Room

Lewes

Billy Budd by Britten from Glyndebourne Festival Opera, performed at Glyndebourne Festival Theatre, Glyndebourne, 2010. Directed by Michael Grandage, conductor Mark Elder. Starring John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere), Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd) and Philip Ens (Claggart).

Staged by Michael Grandage and directed by Mark Elder, Billy Budd was a 2000 Glyndebourne Festival's production. A wonderful production with Jacques Imbrailo in the leading role, now on medici.tv.

Glyndebourne has a proud association with the operas of Benjamin Britten, but until 2010 had never staged Billy Budd. The all-male opera with a libretto co-written by E.M. Forster, is based on the battle between pure good and blind evil, and is set on a British man-o'-war ship. Michael Grandage, former Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse, chose this work to make his long-awaited operatic debut. Sir Mark Elder returned to conduct, marking the 100th opera production in his illustrious career.

Billy Budd is the Opera of the Month for March 2022.

An award-winning opera debut from British theatre director Michael Grandage.

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Opera Specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to naval historian Dr James Davey and musicologist Dr Imani Mosley to explore Britten’s evocative, ambiguous score.

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