Parent Record(s)

LevelItem

ReferencePHPN/3/4/6

Artist / Photographer

unidentified

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 on the main and quarter decks perhaps just after the hanging Billy Budd, since an indeterminate movement or unsettlement seems to pervade at all levels, especially below on the main-deck. Central on the quarter-deck, Captain Vere (Peter Pears) is alone identifiable among the officers.
Photographer: Unidentified

Extent1 photograph

Physical DescriptionBlack and white 19.5 x 24.5 cm copy-print only; (original poorly focussed)

CopyrightOrphan work (photographer unidentified).

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

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