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Britten's Billy Budd

Michael Grandage (stage director), Mark Elder (conductor) – With Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd), John Mark Ainsley (Captain Vere)...

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Cast

Michael Grandage — Stage director

Christopher Oram — Designer

Paule Constable — Lighting designer

Tom Roden — Movement director

Jacques Imbrailo — Billy Budd

John Mark Ainsley — Captain Vere

Phillip Ens — Claggart

Iain Paterson — Mr Redburn

Matthew Rose — Mr Flint

Darren Jeffery — Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Alasdair Elliott — Red Whiskers

John Moore — Donald

Jeremy White — Dansker

Ben Johnson — Novice

Alexander Robin Baker — Novice’s Friend

Colin Judson — Squeak

Richard Mosley-Evans — Bosun

Program notes

Staged by Michael Grandage and directed by Mark Elder, Billy Budd was a 2000 Glyndebourne Festival's production. A wonderful production with Jacques Imbrailo in the leading role, now on medici.tv.

© Glyndebourne Productions Ltd. Photo: Alastair Muir

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