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  2. Billy Budd (opera) - Wikipedia

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    Billy Budd, Op. 50, is an opera by Benjamin Britten to a libretto by the novelist E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, based on the short novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. [1] Originally in four acts, the opera received its premiere at the Royal Opera House (ROH), London, on 1 December 1951. [ 2 ]

  3. Theodor Uppman - Wikipedia

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    He soon reprised the role with the New York City Opera in 1948 and in his debut with the Metropolitan Opera on 27 November 1953. Although he quit singing in 1951 to work in the California oil industry, he was persuaded to come back to opera to perform in the premiere of Billy Budd a short time later at the Royal Opera House , Covent Garden .

  4. List of compositions by Benjamin Britten - Wikipedia

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    Billy Budd, Op. 50: Opera in four acts, 162'. Libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, after the novella by Herman Melville. Premiered on 1 December 1951 at the Royal Opera House, London. Published by Boosey & Hawkes. Billy Budd (revised): Opera in two acts, 158'. Premiered on 9 January 1964 at the Royal Opera House, London. Published by ...

  5. Billy Budd - Wikipedia

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    Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative), also known as Billy Budd, Foretopman, is a novella by American writer Herman Melville, left unfinished at his death in 1891.. Acclaimed by critics as a masterpiece when a hastily transcribed version was finally published in 1924, it quickly took its place as a classic second only to Moby-Dick among Melville's

  6. Billy Budd (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Billy Budd, a 1962 film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov, based on Melville's novel; Billy Budd, a 1951 opera by Benjamin Britten based on Melville's novel; Billy Budd, a 1949 play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman, originally titled Uniform of Flesh "Billy Budd" (song) a 1994 song from Morrissey's album Vauxhall and I

  7. Billy Budd (play) - Wikipedia

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    Billy Budd is a play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman based on Herman Melville's novella of the same name. [1] Originally titled Uniform of Flesh , the play premiered Off-Broadway in 1949. Coxe and Chapman restructured and retitled the work for its Broadway debut in 1951.

  8. Bruno Bartoletti - Wikipedia

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    His other notable conducting work at Lyric Opera included conducting the US premiere of Britten's Billy Budd in 1970, [4] and the 1978 world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's Paradise Lost. Bartoletti focused almost exclusively on opera in his career, with few conducting engagements in symphonic work. [ 3 ]

  9. Dale Duesing - Wikipedia

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    After traveling to Europe with a Fulbright Scholarship, Duesing made a name for himself there. [ 2 ] Duesing has performed at the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera , Lyric Opera of Chicago , La Scala (as Arlecchino in Ariadne auf Naxos , 1984), Vienna State Opera , Paris Opéra , and Covent Garden , among others.