The Story of Billy Budd, Sailor
(1951, rev. 1960, 2025)a chamber opera based on Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd.
Duration: 1'
Music Text
Libretto by E M Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Herman Melville
Scoring
Major roles: T,Bar,B. Chorus(3 singers)
3electronic.keyboards-percussion (on stage)
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
World premiere of version
05/07/2025
Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence / Finnegan Downie Dear
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