opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoBenjamin Britten, Billy Budd (1951)
libretto by E. M. Forster & Eric Crozier
Norwegian National Opera, Oslo, 2019
- Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
- Director: Annilese Miskimmon
- Set Designer: Annemarie Woods
- Billy: Jacques Imbrailo
- Claggart: John Relyea
- Vere: Peter Hoare
A submarine makes an anachronistic but perfectly pressurized setting for this energetic Billy Budd.