The climactic hanging in Los Angeles Opera’s revival of “Billy Budd” — opening on Feb ... and left suspended 12 feet above the set. The scene is treacherous enough to necessitate the ...

On Saturday night, the Civic Opera House, scene of Lyric’s 1970 American premiere of “Billy Budd,” again will ... Billy is sentenced to death by hanging. In the opera’s epilog, an aged ...

Although Benjamin Britten’s opera “Billy Budd” is undeniably ... When not rehearsing his scenes, Rory has enjoyed hanging out with the cast, particularly Liam Bonner, who plays the title ...

By Jordan Riefe Billy Budd - H 2014 When it was composed in 1951 ... as well as a battle scene involving clashing swords and cannon fire. “It is absolutely the opera with the greatest physical ...

"Billy Budd" sailed back into the War Memorial Opera ... especially in the interludes and the large crowd scenes, and Runnicles shaped the flow of the performance tenderly. In the title role ...

We’re more likely to empathize with Captain Vere, commander of the British battleship Indomitable, who, in the arresting opening minutes of Benjamin Britten’s opera Billy Budd, recalls the ...

When he prefaces his hanging with the slightly ... he forces himself to see evil in Billy. In a pathetic scene, he exhorts Squeak to portray Budd as a mutineer. Ryan plays the perfect villain ...