BILLY BUDD Britten - Norwegian National Opera and Ballet HD

When a happy, industrious and strikingly handsome young man joins the HMS Indomitable, everyone is drawn to him. The new crewman’s only imperfection is that he stammers when stressed, a fact that the hardened Master-at-Arms is all too happy to exploit.

Britten’s maritime masterpiece about repressed passions and the weight of guilt is performed in Norway for the very first time with this new production by Norwegian National Opera. In her first show since becoming the company’s Director of Opera, Annilese Miskimmon sets Billy Budd in the claustrophobic, hard masculine environment of a submarine. Mark Wigglesworth conducts the all-male cast, starring Jacques Imbralio in the title role.

Streamed live on OperaVision on 8 February 2019 at 19:00 CET and for 6 months: http://bit.ly/BillyBuddEN

CAST
Edward Fairfax Vere: Peter Hoare
Billy Budd: Jacques Imbrailo
John Claggart: John Relyea
Mr. Redburn: Aleksander Nohr
Mr. Flint: Johannes Weisser
Artur Jones: Mikkel Skorpen
Dansker: Kristinn Sigmundsson
Donald: Martin Hatlo
A novice: Petter Moen
A lookout: Thor Inge Falch
Lietenant Ratcliffe: Jens-Erik Aasbø
Bosun: Øystein Skre
Red Whiskers: Henrik Engelsviken
Squeak: Marius Roth Christensen
Chorus: Chorus of Norwegian National Opera
Orchestra: Orchestra of Norwegian National Opera

Music: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth
Director: Annilese Miskimmon
Set Designer: Annemarie Woods
Costume Designer: Annemarie Woods
Lighting Designer: Paule Constable