Billy Budd (opera)
1951 opera by Benjamin Britten / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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] Britten later revised the work into a two-act opera, with a prologue and an epilogue. The revised version received its first performance at the ROH, Covent Garden, London, on 9 January 1964.[3]
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Opera by Benjamin Britten | |
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Language | English |
Based on | Billy Budd by Herman Melville |
Premiere | 1 December 1951 (1951-12-01) (original four-act version) 9 January 1964 (1964-01-09) (revised two-act version) Royal Opera House, London |
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