Billy Budd

An opera by Benjamin Britten, on a libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville. Billy Budd is a young sailor aboard a British man-o'-war, persecuted by his master-at-arms, Claggart. Accused of mutiny, Budd accidently strikes Claggart dead, leaving Captain Vere with no choice but to hang him.

• Barrie GavinDirector
• Eric CrozierWriter
• E.M. ForsterWriter
• Herman MelvilleWriter

• Thomas AllenBilly Budd
• Philip LangridgeCaptain Vere
• Richard van AllenClaggart
• Phillip Guy-BromleyMr flint
• Clive BayleyRatCliffe
• Edward BylesRed Whiskers
• Neil HowlettMr Redburn