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.

Dirección

Barrie Gavin

Guion

Eric Crozier

Guion

E.M. Forster

Guion

Herman Melville

Estado

Estrenada

Estreno

01/01/1988

Idioma original

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