Our two-act concert performance of Billy Budd continues our progress through the work of composer Benjamin Britten.

The cast includes:

Arthur Bruce: Billy Budd, foretopman

Jonathan Finney: Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, Captain of HMS Indomitable

Gerrit Paul Groen: John Claggart, Master-at-Arms

James Quilligan: Mr Redburn, First Lieutenant

Conall O’Neill: Mr Flint, Sailing Master

Ben Knight: Lieutenant Ratcliffe

Richard Milnes: Red Whiskers, an impressed man

Michael Temporal-Darell: Donald, a sailor

Gerard Delrez: Dansker, an old seaman

Bo Wang: Novice

Robert Felstead: Squeak, a ship’s corporal

Teyfik Kamal: Bosun

William Semple: First Mate

Joshua Lane: Second Mate

Robin Whitehouse: Maintop

Stephen Whitford: Novice’s friend and Arthur Jones, an impressed man

Spencer Turner, Jamie Whitley and Ava Williams: Midshipmen and Cabin boy (children)

Officers, sailors, powder monkeys, drummers and marines: Andre Andrade, Adam Brown, Richard Jackson, Sam Leggett, Ciarán O’Meara, Alex Riddell (Sailor and Gunner’s Mate), Gary Rushton

Michael Thorne conducts the New Palace Opera Orchestra.

Performed with the permission of Boosey & Hawkes.