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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 ...
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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
(Final Doras without separate category for Opera) Billy Budd* E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) Benjamin Britten E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier (libretto) Canadian Opera Company The Bartered Bride* Karel Sabina (libretto) Bedřich Smetana: Karel Sabina (libretto) Canadian Opera Company Iron Road* Mark Brownell (libretto) Chan Ka Nin
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 .
A selection of the literary sources for opera libretti: Scènes de la Vie Bohème Novel by Henri Murger, 1847-49 (in English translation) - the source for both Puccini's and Leoncavallo's La bohème. Madame Butterfly Novella by John Luther Long, 1903 - the source for Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
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)