
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.

as Billy Budd

as Edward Fairfax Vere

as John Claggart

as Mr. Redburn

as Mr. Flint

as Lieutenant Ratcliffe

as Red Whiskers

as Arthur Jones

as Donald

as Maintop

as Dansker

as The Novice's Friend

as A Novice

as Second Mate

as Squeak

as First Mate

as Bosun