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Billy Budd
5/10. In today's programme, the acclaimed baritone Simon Keenlyside talks to Britten expert John Evans , and discusses his interpretation of the title-role in Britten's all-male opera Billy Budd , based on a story by Herman Melville and set aboard a British man o' war during the Napoleonic Wars.

Contributors

Unknown:
Billy Budd
Baritone:
Simon Keenlyside
Unknown:
John Evans
Unknown:
Billy Budd
Story By:
Herman Melville
Source: Radio Times

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