Billy Budd

The performers

• Nicholas Carter conductor
• Allan Clayton Captain Vere
• Thomas Mole Billy Budd
• Sam Carl John Claggart
• Dingle Yandell Mr Redburn, First Lieutenant
• William Thomas Mr Flint, Sailing Master
• Daniel Okulitch Lieutenant Ratcliffe
• Alasdair Elliott Red Whiskers
• Samuel Dale Johnson Donald
• Clive Bayley Dansker
• Laurence Kilsby A Novice
• Alex Otterburn The Novice’s Friend
• Daniel Norman Squeak, a ship’s corporal
• Michael Ronan Bosun
• Ru Charlesworth Maintop

Britten’s gripping psychological drama returns in this award-winning staging.

When a young sailor is unjustly accused of mutiny, it triggers a tragic sequence of events. Good and evil, innocence and corruption come together in this heartbreaking opera, a seafaring epic brought to vivid life in Michael Grandage’s evocative, claustrophobic production.

Michael Grandage returns to direct Britten’s opera, not seen at Glyndebourne for a over decade. Nicholas Carter will conduct the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Thomas Mole will play in the title role, Olivier Award-winner Allan Clayton and Sam Carl make their role debuts playing Captain Vere and John Claggart. See full cast and creative team details here.

A revival of the Festival 2010 production. Sung in English.