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Billy Budd
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From: Who's Who in Opera
Date: 19990101
Author:JOYCE BOURNE and MICHAEL KENNEDY
Billy Budd
( Britten). Lib. by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier; 4 acts (rev. to 2 acts 1960); f.p. London 1951, cond. Benjamin Britten.On board HMS Indomitable , 1797, during the French Wars: In a short Prologue, Capt. Vere , now an old man, reviews his career, and especially the summer of 1797. On board the Indomitable , a boat is seen returning from a press-ganging operation. The new recruits are questioned by the evil master-at-arms, Claggart . They incl. Billy Budd , who has a stammer. Billy leads a chorus of praise for the captain, Starry Vere. A fight breaks out when Billy finds
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