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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 ]
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 ...
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
Pages in category "Libretti by Eric Crozier" ... Billy Budd (opera) L. The Little Sweep This page was last edited on 9 October 2024, at 04:07 (UTC) ...
Uppman as Britten's Billy Budd in 1951. Theodor Uppman (12 January 1920 – 17 March 2005) was an American operatic baritone.He is best known for his creation of the title role in Benjamin Britten's opera Billy Budd.
for Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Billy Budd (with E. M. Forster), The Little Sweep; César Cui (1835–1918) for his own music: The Captain's Daughter, A Feast in Time of Plague, Mademoiselle Fifi, The Saracen (with Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov)
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His first opera libretto for Britten was Albert Herring (1947). He wrote the librettos for the cantata Saint Nicolas (1948), the children's opera Let's Make an Opera (1949), and (with E.M Forster ) Billy Budd at Covent Garden in 1951.