Billy Budd

Benjamin Britten Billy Budd opera to a libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier. Directed 2010 by Michael Grandage at Glyndebourne. Stars John Mark Ainsley, Michael Wallace, John-Owen Miley-Read, Matthew Rose, Richard Mosley-Evans, John Moore, Peter Gijsbertsen, Ben Johnson, Colin Judson, Iain Paterson, Darren Jeffrey, Phillip Ens, Alasdair Elliott, Tony Girling, Jacques Imbrailo, Alexander Robin Baker, Jeremy White, Sam Honeywood, Freddie Benedict, Alastair Dixon, Adam Lord, and Joseph Wakeling. Mark Elder conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra (with Leader Pieter Schoeman) and the Glyndebourne Chorus (with Chorus Master Jeremy Bines). Set design by Christopher Oram; lighting by Paule Constable; movement direction by Tom Roden; TV direction and production by François Roussillon. Released 2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: Help!

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