Britten: Billy Budd

Name: Britten: Billy Budd
Genre: Music
Released: 2011-04-25
Duration: 175 min
Rating: 10.0
Cast: John Mark Ainsley, Michael Wallace, Matthew Rose, Richard Mosley-Evans, John Moore

10.0(1 votes)

2011

2h 55m

Music

opera

Overview

Captain Vere, an old man, is haunted by a moment in his life when he was tested and found wanting. Based on Herman Melville's novella of naval life in the late 18th Century, Benjamin Britten's 'Billy Budd' is a gripping reflection on good and evil, innocence and corruption.