The premiere of Benjamin Britten's Billy Budd in Madrid is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Teatro Real's bicentennial celebrations. Its magnificent libretto, based on the novel of the same name by Herman Melville, tells the story of the sailor Billy Budd: a handsome, loyal, generous, strong, naive, and kind young man whose beauty and personality drive the ship's master-at-arms mad. Unable to control the situation, the master crucifies the naive young man without mercy. This new production by the Teatro Real is being presented for the first time in Madrid, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris, under the direction of Deborah Warner, one of the great names in stage direction today.
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| Directing | Deborah Warner | Stage Director |
| Production | Emmanuelle Conso | Line Producer |
| Directing | Jérémie Cuvillier | Director |
| Writing | E.M. Forster | Lyricist |
| Writing | Eric Crozier | Lyricist |
| Writing | Herman Melville | Novel |
| Production | Xavier Dubois | Executive Producer |
| Production | François Duplat | Producer |
| Lighting | Jean Kalman | Lighting Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chloe Obolensky | Costume Design |
| Production | Natalia Camacho | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Benjamin Britten | Music |
| Sound | Ivor Bolton | Conductor |
| Camera | Martial Barrault | Director of Photography |
| Art | Michael Levine | Production Design |
