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
