Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd poster

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

8.0(1)2017—2

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.

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English
  • war ship
  • historical
  • literary adaptation

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  • SpainES

    • Theatrical31 Jan 2017

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Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd was released on 31 January 2017.

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