"It is long, it is hard, it is arduous. You can’t sleep on the podium in this piece," conductor James Conlon told THR of the three-hour opera, which begins its run Feb. 22. By Jordan Riefe Billy Budd ...

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We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of England's most prominent opera composer, Benjamin Britten, with a Swedish premiere for his heart-rending drama Billy Budd from 1952, one of ...

"Billy Budd," Herman Melville's unfinished allegory of innocence and guilt upon a British war ship, deeply examined and given some spiritual closure by composer Benjamin Britten and librettists E.M.

Glyndebourne has conquered New York with its acclaimed Billy Budd. The WhatsOnStage Opera Poll winner for Best Revival sailed across the pond last week and docked at the Brooklyn Academy of Music ‘s ...

Michael Grandage’s production is every bit as stupendous as I described it in 2010 despite a few cast changes and a slightly different interpretation of the main character’s (that is, Vere’s) ...

In a gripping totality, opening night of the Houston Grand Opera revival of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd brought one of the best-sung performances the company has presented in many years. Listeners ...

Jens-Erik Aasbø (Lieutenant Ratcliffe)Marius Roth Christensen (Squeak)Henrik Engelsviken (Red Whiskers)Martin Hatlo (Donald)Peter Hoare (Edward Fairfax Vere)Jacques Imbrailo (Billy Budd)Aleksander ...

Quiz time! Name a 19th-cent ury Eng- lish-language opera you've actually heard. Not a Verdi or Puccini chestnut sung in English but an opera with an English libretto. Not a single one? Don't feel ...