Billy Budd

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young sailor Billy Budd be hanged for murder?

Cast

Peter Pears

Captain Vere

Peter Glossop

Billy Budd

M

Michael Langdon

John Claggart

J

John Shirley-Quirk

Mr. Redburn

B

Bryan Drake

David Kelly

K

Kenneth MacDonald

D

David Bowman

D

Dennis Wicks

R

Robert Tear

R

Robert Bowman

D

Delme Bryn Jones

E

Eric Garrett

N

Norman Lumsden

N

Nigel Rogers