Billy Budd (opera)

Billy Budd is an English language opera by Benjamin Britten, first performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on December 1, 1951. It is based on the novel Billy Budd by Herman Melville. Benjamin Britten met E. M. Forster an established lecturer, who had discussed the novel Billy Budd in his Clark lectures at Cambridge University. having met Benjamin Britten before the Second World War, the two built up a friendship, and in 1948 the question arose of Forster providing a libretto for Britten, and in November, Britten seems to have mentioned the opera Billy Budd as a possibility. A month later it was decided that Forster, with the help of Eric Crozier should write the libretto.

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English language - Opera - Benjamin Britten - Royal Opera House - Covent Garden - London - December 1 - 1951 - Billy Budd - Herman Melville - E. M. Forster - Cambridge University - Second World War - Libretto - Eric Crozier

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