Britten: Billy Budd

04/25/2011

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2hrs 55min

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Music

STORY

Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • John Mark Ainsley
  • Michael Wallace
  • Matthew Rose
  • Richard Mosley-Evans
  • John Moore

    Directors

  • Michael Grandage
  • François Roussillon

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Opus Arte
  • Glynbourne
  • The Monument Trust
  • BBC

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

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