Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Jacques ImbrailoBilly Budd

Toby SpenceEdward Fairfax Vere

Brindley SherrattJohn Claggart

Thomas Oliemans

Thomas OliemansMr. Redburn

David Soar

David SoarMr. Flint

Torben Jürgens

Torben JürgensLieutenant Ratcliffe

Christopher Gillett

Christopher GillettRed Whiskers

Isaac Galán

Isaac GalánArthur Jones

Duncan RockDonald

Jordi CasanovaMaintop

Clive Bayley

Clive BayleyDansker

Borja Quiza

Borja QuizaThe Novice's Friend