Billy Budd

Billy Budd at the London Coliseum

Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

London Coliseum Get directions

First Performance 18/06/2012

Closing 08/07/2012

David Alden returns to English National Opera to create a new production of Britten’s all-male Billy Budd.

The story of an outsider aboard a naval ship, Billy Budd is a young man full of optimism and good-heartedness. But his charisma and beauty cause the evil master-at-arms to bring about his downfall, utilising Billy’s fatal flaw, a stutter under pressure.

Billy Budd reunites the team between ENO’s Olivier Award-winning Peter Grimes, Alden and conductor Edward Gardner.

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Cast

Benedict Nelson, Toby Spence, Matthew Rose, Jonathan Summers, Darren Jeffery, Henry Waddington, Michael Colvin, Duncan Rock, Gwynne Howell, Nicky Spence, Daniel Norman, Andrew Rupp, Marcus Farnsworth, Oliver Dunn, Gerard Collett, Jonathan Stoughton

Creative

Director - David Alden

Designer - Paul Steinberg

Conductor - Edward Gardner

Lighting Designer - Adam Silverman

Music By - Britten

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