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Flawless tragedy, almost unbearable: Billy Budd at Glyndebourne

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Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 10 August 2013
Britten, Billy Budd
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Michael Grandage, Director
Christopher Oram, Set Designer
Jacques Imbrailo, Billy Budd
Mark Padmore, Captain Vere
David Soar, Mr Flint
Brindley Sherratt, John Claggart
Stephen Gadd, Mr Redburn
Christian Van Horn, Lieutenant Ratcliffe
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