Prom 60 (part 1): Britten - Billy Budd
Live from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Martin Handley presents a Prom featuring Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Andrew Davis in Act 1 of Britten's Billy Budd.
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Andrew Davis live at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms. Jacques Imbrailo stars as Billy Budd, the doomed pure-hearted sailor caught between the predatory Claggart, and the weak Captain Vere.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley
Britten: Billy Budd - Act 1 (two-act revised version; semi-staged)
8:20pm Interval
8:40pm
Britten: Billy Budd - Act 2
Billy Budd ..... Jacques Imbrailo (baritone)
Captain Vere ..... Mark Padmore (tenor)
John Claggart ..... Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Mr Redburn ..... Stephen Gadd (baritone)
Mr Flint ..... David Soar (bass-baritone)
Lieutenant Ratcliffe ..... Darren Jeffery (bass)
Red Whiskers ..... Alasdair Elliott (tenor)
Donald ..... John Moore (baritone)
Dansker ..... Jeremy White (bass)
The Novice ..... Peter Gijsbertsen (tenor)
Squeak ..... Colin Judson (tenor)
Bosun ..... Richard Mosley-Evans (baritone)
First Mate ..... Michael Wallace (baritone)
Second Mate ..... Benjamin Cahn (baritone)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
Andrew Davis conducts the London Philharmonic and the cast of Glyndebourne Festival Opera's production of Billy Budd. Based on Herman Melville's novella, the opera tells the story of a young sailor who is persecuted by the predatory master-at-arms John Claggart. His only hope of salvation is Captain 'Stary' Vere who is too rule-bound to help him. Jacques Imbrailo sings the innocent Budd, with Brindley Sherratt and Mark Padmore as Claggart and Vere.
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- Tue 27 Aug 2013 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
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