Genre: Music [nf]
Release Date: 07/08/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Ger/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: 1
Run Time: 158 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Decca

This release constitutes a stage production of Benjamin Britten's celebrated 1951 opera Billy Budd, which Britten, in turn, adapted from Herman Melville's unfinished novella. It was filmed in black-and-white by the BBC in 1966 and stars the legendary Peter Pears as Captain Vere. Basil Coleman directs.

~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Peter Pears - Captain Vere
Peter Glossop - Billy Budd
Robert Tear -
Benjamin Luxon -

Production:
Basil Coleman - Director
Cedric Messina - Producer
Charles Mackerras - Conductor
Sheila Glassford - Costume Designer
Benjamin Britten - From Opera by
Betty Blattner - Makeup
Chick Anthony - Sound/Sound Designer
Derek Miller-Timmins - Sound/Sound Designer
J.C. Richardson - Lighting

Peter Grimes
    Peter Pears / 1969