Billy Budd, Op. 50 / Benjamin Britten ; Eric Crozier (John Dickie, tenor ; Bo Skovhus, baritone ; Janusz Monarcha, bass ; Boaz Daniel, bass ; Neil Shicoff, tenor ; Eric Halfvarson, bass ; Alfred Sramek, bass ; Markus Pelz, bass ; Yu Chen, baritone ; Robert Bork, baritone ; Wolfgang Bankl, bass ; John Nuzzo, vocals ; Cosmin Ifrim, tenor ; Peter Jelosits, tenor ; Geert Smits, baritone ; David Johnson, baritone ; Mario Steller, vocals ; Valentin Klausburg, vocals ; Donald Runnicles, conductor ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir).
Note
Opera in four acts; original version.
Libretto by Edward Morgan Forster and Eric Crozier ; adapted from the story by Herman Melville.
Event (note)
Recorded live Feb. 12, 2001, Wiener Staatsoper.
Language (note)
Sung in English.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Title
Billy Budd / Benjamin Britten.
Publisher
Munchen : Orfeo, ℗2003.
Playing time
014153
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Series
Orfeo d'or
Orfeo d'or.
Performer
Neil Shicoff, Bo Skovhus, Eric Halfvarson, Robert Bork, Wolfgang Bankl, David Cale Johnson, John Dickie, Geert Smits, Alfred Šramek, John Nuzzo ; other soloists ; Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper ; Donald Runnicles, conductor.