Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Billy Budd (1951)
Opera in 2 acts (original version in 4 acts)
stage work
- General information
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Composition date:
1951
Revision dates: 1960
- Duration: 2 h 42 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 50
- Commission: 'The Arts Council of Great Britain for The Festival of Britain, 1951'
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Libretto (details, author):
E M Forster et Eric Crozier, d’après Herman Melville
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Composition date:
1951
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [3 solo voices or more, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloists: 5 solo tenors [dont un rôle principal] , 8 solo baritones [dont un rôle principal] , 1 solo bass-baritone, 3 solo bass voices [dont un rôle principal] , 4 soprano children voices, 1 child narrator, 1 actor [enfant]
- men's choir
- 4 flutes (also 3 piccolos), 2 oboes, 1 English horn, 3 clarinets (also 1 Eb clarinet, 2 bass clarinets), 2 bassoons, 1 contrabassoon, 1 alto saxophone, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 6 percussionists [4] , 1 timpani, 1 harp, strings
Premiere information
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Date:
1 December 1951
Location:Version originale en 4 actes, Londres, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Performers:Royal Opera Covent Garden, direction : Benjamin Britten ; Basil Coleman, mise en scène.
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Location:
Révision de 1960 en 2 actes
Observations
Enregistrement : Thomas Hampson, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Halfvarson, Northern Voices, Halle Orchestra, direction : Kent Nagano, Erato 3984-21631-.
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