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Billy Budd-5 March 1979 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Edward Downes
Chorus Master John Barker
Leader John Brown
Cast
Edward Fairfax Vere
Captain of H.M.S. Indomitable 		Richard Lewis
First Mate Roderick Kennedy
Second Mate Norman Welsby
Mr. Flint
Sailing Master 		Richard Van Allan
Bosun Malcolm King
Midshipman Martin Glascoe
Midshipman Timothy Maskell
Midshipman Bruce Pont
Midshipman David Sierwald
Midshipman Alex Wheldon
Midshipman Nigel Whittaker
Donald
a sailor 		Jonathan Summers
Maintop Handel Owen
Novice Robin Leggate
Squeak
a ship's corporal 		Francis Egerton
Mr. Redburn
First Lieutenant 		Peter Glossop
Lieutenant Ratcliffe Michael Burt
John Claggart
Master-at-Arms 		Geraint Evans
Red Whiskers
impressed man 		John Dobson
Arthur Jones
impressed man 		Keith Raggett
Billy Budd
foretopman 		Thomas Allen
Novice's Friend William Elvin
Dansker
an old seaman 		Joseph Rouleau
Cabin Boy Valerio Martinez
Ratings, Officers, Midshipmen, Powder-Monkeys, Drummers The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from St Clement Danes School (London)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.35-8.53pm, Act II: 9.20-10.36pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 5 March 1979 (in Royal Opera House Collections)