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The Hollywood Reporter11y
Benjamin Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Arrives at the L.A. Opera
You can’t sleep on the podium in this piece," conductor James Conlon told THR of the three-hour opera, which begins its run Feb. 22. By Jordan Riefe Billy Budd - H 2014 When it was composed in ...
Orange County Register11y
‘Billy Budd’ sails at L.A. Opera
Los Angeles Opera’s production of Benjamin Britten’s “Billy Budd,” which opened Saturday night in a six-performance run at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, is an unusually absorbing night of ...
Los Angeles Times11y
Los Angeles Opera’s ‘Billy Budd’ cast learns how to survive a hanging
The climactic hanging in Los Angeles Opera’s revival of “Billy Budd” — opening on Feb. 22 — is also complicated, though for different reasons. To simulate the look of a naval execution, ...
The New York Times6y
‘Billy Budd,’ Tragically Charming the Boys for a Century
Jacques Imbrailo in the title role of “Billy Budd” at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in 2017. He is to play the same role in a Royal Opera production in London opening next week.Credit ...
Chicago Tribune23y
Return of `Billy Budd’
On Saturday night, the Civic Opera House, scene of Lyric’s 1970 American premiere of “Billy Budd,” again will play host to the adaptation by Britten and E.M. Forster of Herman Melville’s ...
Los Angeles Daily News11y
‘Billy Budd’ sets sail again at L.A. Opera
It’s suggestive because the all-male sexual dynamic it has is hidden in the title character, Billy Budd, a person of absolute innocence whose beauty makes him a victim. The opera premiered in ...
LAist11y
LA Opera Powerfully Tells A Classic Tragic Tale In 'Billy Budd'
LA Opera's centennial celebration of English composer Benjamin Britten culminates over the next couple weeks with a gripping production of what is arguably his best opera, "Billy Budd." Adapted ...
San Francisco Examiner5y
SF Opera stages commanding ‘Billy Budd’
A mighty cast sailed through “Billy Budd,” an all-male seafaring tale of good vs. evil with psychosexual undercurrents that opened Saturday at the War Memorial Opera House. Presented by San ...
The Denver Post5y
Review: A 1951 opera is making a comeback because it’s, you know, a little gay
Composer Benjamin Britten’s “Billy Budd” is an opera about the deep bonds that build between extraordinary men in times of war; about that camaraderie forged between certain soldiers and ...
Colorado Public Radio5y
Small Stage, Big Play: Central City Opera Takes On The Sprawling And Surreal ‘Billy Budd’
Add about another 16 men and boys to that and you have the full cast for Central City Opera’s production of “Billy Budd,” which opens Saturday, July 13, and runs through Aug. 2.
Variety7y
Billy Budd
The great “Billy Budd” performances — the Britten-conducted premiere enshrined on the Decca recording, or the John Dexter staging at the Metropolitan Opera — have been, most of all ...