the novella by Herman Melville
Creative/Crew
Conductor
Stage Director(s)
New settings after designs by
Scenery supervised by
Projection photography by
Chorus Director
Lighting Designer
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Cast
Edward Fairfax Vere
First Mate
Second Mate
Mr. Flint
Sailor
Bosun
Donald
Maintop
Novice
Squeak
Mr. Redburn
Mr. Ratcliffe
John Claggart
Red Whiskers
Arthur Jones
Billy Budd
Novice's Friend
Dansker
Gunner
Cabin Boy
Show Dates
Broadcast
9/19/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR.
Time and Place
Aboard the Indomitable, a British man-of-war, during the French wars of 1797
Scenes
Media
Notes
9/19/1978, live broadcast, KKHI and NPR. Intermission interview: Role of the chorus in Billy Budd, Richard Bradshaw (guest).
John Piper's set designs -- courtesy of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
John Tooley, General Administrator
Members of the Masterworks Chorale, College of San Mateo
Galen Marshall, Director
San Francisco Boys Chorus
William Ballard, Director
John Aalberg
Stephen Abramowitz
Sean Barry
Matthew Brauer
Mark Burford
Michael Burke
Jeffrey Cox
Timothy Cox
David Devine
Laramie Crocker
John Dougery
George Fernandez
Robyn Fladen-Kamm
David Flores
Christopher Frey
Lionel Godolphin
Peter Hicks
Philip Hommes
Christopher Kula
Benjamin Lewis
Douglas Lynn
Christopher Metcalf
Daniel Potasz
Liam Riordan
David Roberts
Eric Savant
Richard Treadwell
Christopher Tucker
Eric Van Genderen