Billy Budd (revised 2-Act version)
(1951, rev.1960) 50Opera in two acts
Duration: 158'
Music Text
Orchesterbesetzung
Major roles: T,Bar,B; minor roles: 4T,7Bar,BBar,2B;
children's roles: 4Tr,boy speaker,boy actors; men's chorus
4(II,III,IV=picc).2.corA.3(II=Ebcl,bcl;III=bcl).asax.2.dbn-
4.4(III in D).3.1-timp(3).perc(6):xyl/glsp/tgl/wdbl/tamb/SD/TD/BD/
whip/cyms/2 gongs (small, medium)/4drums(on-stage)-harp-strings
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World premiere of version
09/01/1964
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Basil Coleman, director / Royal Opera Covent Garden / Georg Solti
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