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Billy Budd, Op. 50, is an opera by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by the English novelist E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, based on the short novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Originally in four acts, it was first performed at the Royal Opera House, London, on 1 December 1951; it was later revised as a two-act opera with a prologue and an epilogue.
2 act
Act 1
The crew of the Indomitable works on deck. For slipping and bumping into an officer, the Novice is sentenced to be flogged. At the same time a cutter approaches, returning from a merchant ship where it has pressed three sailors into the Royal Navy.
One of these sailors, Billy Budd, seems overjoyed with his situation - entirely different from the other two who are not so happy. Claggart, the Master-at-Arms, calls him "a find in a thousand," despite the slight defect of a stammer. Billy says a jaunty farewell to the Rights o' Man, his former ship, innocent of what his words imply. The officers take his words as a deliberate provocation and order the men below decks. Claggart tells Squeak, the ship's corporal, to keep an eye on Billy and give him a rough time.
The Novice returns from his flogging, unable to walk and helped along by a friend. Billy is shocked at the cruelty of the punishment, but is certain that if he follows the rules he will be in no danger. Dansker, an old sailor, nicknames Billy "Baby Budd" for his innocence.
At this point in the four-act version came the climax of Act I, in which Captain Vere appeared on deck to give a speech to the men. In the two-act version, Dansker simply tells the others Vere's nickname, "Starry Vere," and this is enough for the impulsive Billy to swear his loyalty to the unseen captain.
In his cabin, Captain Vere muses over classical literature. His officers enter, and they discuss the revolution in France and the mutinies in the Royal Navy sparked by French ideas of democracy. The officers warn that Billy may cause trouble, but Vere dismisses their fears and expresses his love for the men under his command.
Below decks the sailors rough-house, but old Dansker remains gloomy. Billy goes for some tobacco to cheer him up, and discovers Squeak rifling through his kit. In a rage, Billy begins to stammer. He knocks Squeak to the ground as Claggart and the corporals enter. Billy is still unable to speak, but Claggart takes his side and sends Squeak to the brig. However, when alone, Claggart reveals his hatred for Billy and vows to destroy him. He orders the Novice to try to bribe Billy into joining a mutiny, and the broken-spirited Novice quickly agrees. Billy refuses the bribe and believes he will be rewarded, but Dansker warns him to beware of Claggart.
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This is a GREAT production! I’m glad to learn so many fine versions of BB are appearing.
I'm pretty sure it's the Willy Decker production and the cast is as follows:
Edward Fairfax Vere - Oleg Balashov
Billy Budd - Yury Ivshin
John Claggart - Johannes von Duisburg
Dansker - Karen Akopov
Mikhailovsky Theatre at the Hermitage
Edward Fairfax Vere - Oleg Balashov
Billy Budd - Yury Ivshin
John Claggart - Johannes von Duisburg
Dansker - Karen Akopov
Какая шикарная опера была!
Is it not strange if not downright disrespectful not to mention anything about this performance? When making such a production public surely all performers are credit due.
Very true -- copyright, I suspect. They certainly don't sound English to my (non-English) ears; more likely East Europe somewhere. The Glyndebourne video is much better, anyway.
This appears to be the 2001 production by Willy Decker at the Vienna Staatsoper. Neil Shikoff, Bo Skovhus, and Eric Halfvorson. Donald Runnicles conducting. It is also posted elsewhere on CZcams, but it is nice to have it without the German titles.
Roger Brunyate it’s looks like the same production, but it’s a later performance with a different cast. The guy playing Billy has an accent you can cut with a knife.
@@brunyate the 2001 production in Vienna conducted by Donald Runnicles is far better. This performance has a different conductor and is a different version of the work to the one in Vienna.
The 2001 Vienna production uses the 4 Act version whereas this Russian production is of the 2 Act version. Both versions work well.
@@brunyate you're wrong. We can see de Vienna production on YT
It takes a bit of getting used to. It is not very clear visually but that could be the filming. Alot of words are not clear. In the 2001 Vienna production some of the singers have Scandinavian accents but the diction is good and the singers are able to make the words mean something.
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Celebrating the centenary of the composer
Edward Fairfax Vere - Oleg Balashov
Billy Budd - Yury Ivshin
John Claggart - Johannes von Duisburg
Dansker - Karen Akopov
Conductor - Mikhail Tatarnikov
Libretto: E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier
Stage Director: Willy Decker
Stage Design: Wolfgang Gussmann
Director of the revival: Sabine Hartmannshenn
Music Director: Mikhail Tatarnikov
The production of Wiener Staatsoper, Gmbh, 2001
Sets and Costumes produced by ART for ART Theaterservice, Gmbh, Vienna
Billy Budd is performed at the Mikhailovsky Theatre by permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited,
London
Billy Budd will be presented in Russia for the first time. The opera is one of the most important works in the musical legacy of Benjamin Britten, whose centenary will be celebrated in 2013.
In presenting Britten’s opera to the Russian public, the Mikhailovsky Theatre is recreating the Vienna State Opera’s production of 2001.
Would be nice to know who's performing this.
That's the unhandsome Billy Budd of the history, ever. xD
Claggart - Johannes von Duisburg.
Это постановка Михайловского театра?
The only opera I've ever walked out on
a Russian co-production in the scenography of Mac Vickar. I understand now why the actors seem to be so rigid...