DEBORAH WARNER
theatre - opera - installations
director
Photos © Yasuko Kagayama
Billy Budd, 2018
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
A co-production with Teatro Real Madrid and The Royal Opera House London
Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Edward Morgan Forster and Eric Crozier
Performances Dates: 8, 10, 12, 13, 15 May, 2018
Creative Team
Conductor - James Conlon
Set design - Michael Levine
Choreographer - Kim Brandstrup
Costume designer - Chloé Obolensky
Lighting - Jean Kalman
Cast
Billy Budd - Phillip Addis / Jacques Imbralio
Edward Fairfax Vere - Toby Spence
John Claggart - John Relyea
Mr Redburn - Thomas Oliemans
Mr. Flint - Zachary Altman
Lt. Ratcliffe - David Shipley
Red Whiskers - Christopher Lemmings / + others
Donald - Jonathan Michie
Dansker - Stephen Richardson
The Novice - Keith Jameson
The Novice's Friend - Johnny Hereford
Squeak - Matthew O'Neill
Bosun - Francesco Salvadori
First Mate - Timofei Baranov
Second Mate - Andrii Ganchuk
Maintop - Domingo Pellicola
Arthur Jones - Antonio Pannunzio
A Sailor - Lorenzo Grante
Voice - Gabriele D'Orazio
Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
2018 International Opera Awards - Best New Production
"The Billy Budd of the next decade", Bachtrack
