Billy Budd (opera) - Structure (1951 Original)

Structure (1951 Original)

Source: Britten-Pears Foundation
Place: On board the battleship HMS Indomitable, a "seventy-four"
Time: The French Revolutionary Wars in 1797

Prologue
Act I - 35 minutes

  • Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of HMS Indomitable
  • Scene 2: Address

Act II - 45 minutes

  • Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin
  • Scene 2: Berth-deck

Act III - 46 minutes

  • Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck
  • Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin

Act IV - 26 minutes

  • Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck
  • Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck

Epilogue

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