Opera Cheat Sheet: Billy Budd

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In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give an overview of Britten’s Billy Budd, which debuted at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1951 as part of the "Festival of Britain" celebrations. Based on Herman Melville’s posthumous novella, Billy Budd, Foretopman, and set on the British Navy ship HMS Indomitable in 1797, Britten’s opera is a psychological study of good and evil as Captain Vere and Master-At-Arms... Read More

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