Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our writer Michael Grandage directed Billy Budd for Glyndebourne in 2010 (pictured). It makes a return to the opera house this ...

This revival of Michael Grandage’s atmospheric production of Britten’s opera has numerous fine performances: Thomas Mole and Sam Carl are persuasive as Billy and Claggart, and Allan Clayton’s luminous ...

The Washington National Opera's staging of Benjamin Britten's "Billy Budd," which opened Saturday night at the Kennedy Center, is one of those productions, like "Die Walkure" in 2003 or "Der ...

"Billy Budd," Herman Melville's unfinished allegory of innocence and guilt upon a British war ship, deeply examined and given some spiritual closure by composer Benjamin Britten and librettists E.M.

We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of England's most prominent opera composer, Benjamin Britten, with a Swedish premiere for his heart-rending drama Billy Budd from 1952, one of ...

It did, and in the usual unexpected ways. Padmore, possessing the smallest of the three lead voices, projected best right to the back of the hall, where I was this time sitting, with crystal clear ...

In a gripping totality, opening night of the Houston Grand Opera revival of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd brought one of the best-sung performances the company has presented in many years. Listeners ...

Our writer Michael Grandage directed Billy Budd for Glyndebourne in 2010 (pictured). It makes a return to the opera house this summer - Alastair Muir Is Billy BuddBenjamin Britten’s greatest opera?