Parent Record(s)

LevelItem

ReferencePHPN/3/4/5

Artist / Photographer

Parker, Victor

Title

Photograph of Billy Budd at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Act II scene 4

Date1978

DescriptionPhotograph of the whole crew of the Indomitable assembled to witness the hanging of Billy Budd (Richard Stilwell), who stands far left on the quarter-deck with hands bound behind his back. Central on the same level are Captain Vere (Peter Pears) left of steps, among his officers with unidentifiable shadowed faces. Marines and Midshipmen stand above and all other seamen on the main-deck below.
Photographer: Victor Parker

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white 34 x 22 cm

CopyrightBritten-Pears Foundation

Related Material2 copies of Opera News (Metropolitan Opera Guild,N.Y.) 31 March, 1979, Vol.43, No. 19 and 19 April 1979, Vol. 44, No. 20

CatalogueArchive

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