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LevelItem

ReferencePHPN/3/1/46

Artist / Photographer

Wood, Roger

Title

Production photograph of Billy Budd, Act III, scene 1

DateDecember 1951

DescriptionPhotograph of the opening of the Act where the ship's company expects to engage with the enemy but poor visibility, shown in the form of a a huge gauze mist, dominates the whole scene. Captain Vere (Peter Pears), fifth from left among the officers ranged along the quarter-deck, assesses the situation: "It may lift, but not for long."
Photographer: Roger Wood

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white; 29 x 20 cm mounted in presentation album

CopyrightRoger Wood/Royal Opera House

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