[Met Performance] CID:260990
Billy Budd {9} Metropolitan Opera House: 03/27/1980.

(Debuts: Christopher Buchenholz, Owen Renfroe, Price Waldman)


Metropolitan Opera House
March 27, 1980


BILLY BUDD {9}
Britten-Forster/Crozier

Billy Budd..............Richard Stilwell
Captain Vere............Richard Cassilly
Claggart................James Morris
Mr. Redburn.............Peter Glossop
Mr. Flint...............David Ward
Mr. Ratcliffe...........Julien Robbins
Donald..................John Darrenkamp
Squeak..................Andrea Velis
Dansker.................Andrew Foldi
Novice..................Michael Best
Novice's Friend.........John Davies
Red Whiskers............Robert Nagy
Arthur Jones............Nico Castel
Bosun...................Morley Meredith
First Mate..............Andrew Smith
Second Mate.............Gene Boucher
Maintop.................John Carpenter
Sailor..................Arthur Apy
Gunner's Mate...........Cecil Baker
Cabin Boy...............Scott Rigby
Midshipman..............Christopher Buchenholz [Debut]
Midshipman..............Brett Fishman
Midshipman..............Owen Renfroe [Debut]
Midshipman..............Price Waldman [Debut]

Conductor...............Raymond Leppard

Production..............John Dexter
Designer................William Dudley
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler

Billy Budd received fourteen performances this season.


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1979-80
• Billy Budd: Conductor [Leppard, Raymond]
• Billy Budd: Billy Budd [Stilwell, Richard]
• Billy Budd: Captain Vere [Cassilly, Richard]
• Billy Budd: Claggart [Morris, James]
• Billy Budd: Mr. Redburn [Glossop, Peter]
• Billy Budd: Mr. Flint [Ward, David]
• Billy Budd: Mr. Ratcliffe [Robbins, Julien]
• Billy Budd: Donald [Darrenkamp, John]
• Billy Budd: Squeak [Velis, Andrea]
• Billy Budd: Dansker [Foldi, Andrew]
• Billy Budd: Novice [Best, Michael]
• Billy Budd: Novice's Friend [Davies, John]
• Billy Budd: Red Whiskers [Nagy, Robert]
• Billy Budd: Arthur Jones [Castel, Nico]
• Billy Budd: Bosun [Meredith, Morley]
• Billy Budd: First Mate [Smith, Andrew]
• Billy Budd: Second Mate [Boucher, Gene]
• Billy Budd: Maintop [Carpenter, John]
• Billy Budd: Sailor [Apy, Arthur]
• Billy Budd: Gunner's Mate [Baker, Cecil]
• Billy Budd: Cabin Boy [Rigby, Scott]
• Billy Budd: Midshipman [Buchenholz, Christopher]
• Billy Budd: Midshipman [Fishman, Brett]
• Billy Budd: Midshipman [Renfroe, Owen]
• Billy Budd: Midshipman [Waldman, Price]
• Billy Budd: Production [Dexter, John]
• Billy Budd: Designer [Dudley, William]
• Billy Budd: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• 1979-80: Billy Budd: 14 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Apy, Arthur [Tenor]
• Baker, Cecil [Baritone]
• Best, Michael [Tenor]
• Boucher, Gene [Baritone]
• Buchenholz, Christopher [Child, Male]
• Carpenter, John [Tenor]
• Cassilly, Richard [Tenor]
• Castel, Nico [Tenor]
• Darrenkamp, John [Baritone]
• Davies, John [Baritone]
• Fishman, Brett [Child, Male]
• Foldi, Andrew [Bass]
• Glossop, Peter [Baritone]
• Leppard, Raymond [Conductor]
• Meredith, Morley [Baritone]
• Morris, James [Bass]
• Nagy, Robert [Tenor]
• Renfroe, Owen [Child, Male]
• Rigby, Scott [Child, Male]
• Robbins, Julien [Bass]
• Smith, Andrew [Baritone]
• Stilwell, Richard [Baritone]
• Velis, Andrea [Tenor]
• Waldman, Price [Child, Male]
• Ward, David [Bass]