Britten: Billy Budd

Britten: Billy Budd

175 mins | Music | April 25, 2011

Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.

Britten: Billy Budd

175 mins | Music | April 25, 2011

Britten: Billy Budd
Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.
Producers BBC, Opus Arte, Glynbourne, The Monument Trust
Original title Britten: Billy Budd
Directors Michael Grandage
Writers

Cast

John Mark Ainsley

as Captain Vere

Michael Wallace

as First Mate

Matthew Rose

as Mr Flint

John Moore

as Donald

Peter Gijsbertsen

as Maintop

Ben Johnson

as Novice

Colin Judson

as Squeak

Iain Paterson

as Mr Redburn

Darren Jeffrey

as Lieutenant Radcliffe

Phillip Ens

as Claggart

Alasdair Elliott

as Red Whiskers

Toby Girling

as Arthur Jones

Jacques Imbrailo

as Billy Budd

John-Owen Miley-Read

as Second Mate

Alexander Robin Baker

as Novice's Friend

Mark Elder

as Conductor

Jeremy White

as Dansker

Samuel Honywood

as Cabin Boy