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Billy Budd-30 May 1995 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Robert Spano
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Leader Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Captain Vere
captain of HMS Indomitable 		Graham Clark
First Mate Christopher Keyte
Second Mate Bryan Secombe
Mr Flint
sailing master 		Gidon Saks
Bosun Jeremy White
Donald
a sailor 		Adrian Clarke
Maintop John Marsden
Novice Mark Tucker
Squeak
a ship's corporal 		John Duykers
Mr Redburn
First Lieutenant 		David Wilson-Johnson
Lieutenant Ratcliffe Roderick Earle
John Claggart
master-at-arms 		John Tomlinson
Red Whiskers
impressed man 		Francis Egerton
Arthur Jones
impressed man 		Rodney Gibson
Billy Budd
foretopman 		Rodney Gilfry
Novice's Friend David Ellis
Dansker
an old seaman 		John Connell
Cabin Boy James Parker
Ratings, officers, midshipmen, powder-monkeys, drummers The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from Tiffin School for Boys (Kingston-upon-Thames)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Acts I and II: 7.34-8.52pm, Acts III and IV: 9.23-10.36pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 30 May 1995 (in Royal Opera House Collections)