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Opera North's intensely dramatic Billy Budd in Leeds

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Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 18 October 2016
Britten, Billy Budd
Garry Walker, Conductor
Orpha Phelan, Director
Leslie Travers, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Alan Oke, Captain Vere
Roderick Williams, Billy Budd
Alastair Miles, John Claggart
Oliver Johnston, Novice
Daniel Norman, Red Whiskers
Eddie Wade, Donald
Callum Thorpe, Lieutenant Ratcliffe
Stephen Richardson, Dansker
Adrian Clarke, Mr Flint
Peter Savidge, Mr Redburn
Thomas C Hase, Lighting Designer
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