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Title:
Billy Budd [videorecording] : an opera / by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier ; adapted from the story by Herman Melville ; directed for the stage by Tim Albery ; directed for television by Barrie Gavin ; [a BBC-TV/RM Arts co-production].

Other Title Variation :
Title from menu: Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd

Call Number:
782.1 BRITTEN

Publication Information :
[London] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2001], c1988.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Ed. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes.

Creation/Production Credits:
Videotape editors, Phil Southby, Andrew Barker ; designers, Tom Cairns, Anthony McDonald.

Performer(s):
Thomas Allen, baritone ; Philip Langridge, tenor ; Richard Van Allan, bass ; English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; David Atherton, conductor.

Date:
Filmed at the London Coliseum.

Summary:
Dramatizes the moral dilemma of Captain Vere when, in accordance with Admiralty regulations, he must demand the court martial to sentence to death by hanging the innocent seaman who was provoked to strike and kill the villanous master-at-arms.

Language:
Sung in English with optional English subtitles.

Subject Term:
Operas.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Crozier, Eric.
Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
Albery, Tim.
Gavin, Barrie.
Allen, Thomas, 1944-
Langridge, Philip, 1939-
Van Allan, Richard.
Atherton, David, 1944-
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Billy Budd.
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Added Author:
English National Opera.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
RM Arts (Firm)
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Image Entertainment (Firm)