An opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier, from the story by Herman Melville

Scene: On board H.M.S. Indomitable during the French wars of 1797.

[Starring] Peter Pears
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus
London Symphony Orchestra, Leader, John Georgiadis
Conductor, Charles Mackerras

(Peter Glossop, Michael Langdon, David Kelly, Kenneth Macdonald, Dennis Wicks, Robert Bowman, Delme Bryn-Jones,Eric Garrett, Keith Raggett, and John Constable appear by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden; Charles Mackerras by arrangement with the Hamburg State Opera; David Bowman by arrangement with Sadler's Wells Opera Co.)

"...the finest achievement in Television opera yet mounted in this country." (The Sun)
"...on television the dramatic impact was even more overwhelming than on the stage." (The Times)
"...the screen was bursting with measured tension." (Daily Express)
"...I could detect nothing wrong with Basil Coleman's superb direction." (Daily Sketch)

There will be a short interval at 9.55