Photo gallery

Billy Budd

Good and evil, innocence and corruption take centre stage in in Britten’s Billy Budd.

Photographer: Tristram Kenton

Mr Flint, sailing master (William Thomas), Mr Redburn, first lieutenant (Dingle Yandell) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Billy Budd (Thomas Mole)

Captain Vere (Allan Clayton)

Mr Flint, sailing master (William Thomas) and members of the Children’s Chorus

Claggart, master-at-arms (Sam Carl) and Squeak, a ship’s corporal (Daniel Norman)

Bosun (Michael Ronan) and Novice (Laurence Kilsby)

Squeak, a ship’s corporal (Daniel Norman), Novice (Laurence Kilsby) and Novice’s Friend (Alex Otterburn)

Mr Flint, Sailing Master (William Thomas), Captain Vere (Allan Clayton) and Mr Redburn, first lieutenant (Dingle Yandell)

Claggart, master-at-arms (Sam Carl), Red Whiskers (Alasdair Elliott) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Claggart, master-at-arms (Sam Carl)

Billy Budd (Thomas Mole)

Mr Flint, sailing master (William Thomas), Mr Redburn, first lieutenant (Dingle Yandell) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Red Whiskers (Alasdair Elliott), Billy Budd (Thomas Mole) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Mr Redburn, first lieutenant (Dingle Yandell) and Mr Flint, sailing master (William Thomas)

Bosun (Michael Ronan), Dansker (Clive Bayley), Red Whiskers (Alasdair Elliott), Donald (Samuel Dale Johnson), Novice’s Friend (Alex Otterburn), Captain Vere (Allan Clayton) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Billy Budd (Thomas Mole)

Billy Budd (Thomas Mole) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus

Billy Budd (Thomas Mole) and Dansker (Clive Bayley)

Lieutenant Ratcliffe (Daniel Okulitch), Mr Redburn, first lieutenant (Dingle Yandell), Captain Vere (Allan Clayton), Mr Flint, sailing master (William Thomas), Donald (Samuel Dale Johnson), Dansker (Clive Bayley), Red Whiskers (Alasdair Elliott), Billy Budd (Thomas Mole) and members of the Glyndebourne Chorus and Children’s Chorus


Billy Budd is on stage this summer 28 June – 30 July

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