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Genre(s):
Opera
Period(s):
20th Century
Label:
Orfeo
Catalogue No:
C230133
Barcode:
4011790230030
Release Date:
07/2024
Available Format(s):
CD
Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50 (Live)
This is a re-issue of the older ORFEO bestseller from 2003 (ex. C602033). It presents the successful Austrian premiere of Britten's opera, in the rarely performed original version with four acts.
The Austrian premiere from February 2001 saw also the baritone Bo Skovhus' last appearances as Billy Budd: a role that seemed tailor-made for him, for which, however, the baritone, aged 40, considered himself too old.
Billy Budd, Op. 50
2. Act I Scene 1: Pull, me bantams! (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Sailor, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, Maintop, Deck, Novice, Men, Squeak, Chorus)
06:11
3. Act I Scene 1: Boat ahoy! (Maintop, Voice, Midshipmen, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Bosun, Ratcliffe)
02:28
4. Act I Scene 1: To report having boarded (Ratcliffe, First Lieutenant, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Sailing Master, Jones, Billy)
05:35
5. Act I Scene 1: Billy Budd, king of the birds! (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe)
02:13
11. Act II Scene 1: Plutarch - The Greeks and the Romans (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)
04:19
12. Act II Scene 1: Any danger of French notions (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Chorus)
05:16
13. Act II Scene 1: Land on the port bow, sir (Ratcliffe, Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Chorus)
03:16
Disc 2
9. Act III Scene 2: The mists have cleared (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)
03:15
Disc 3
Total Playing Time: 03:08:23
