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BRITTEN, B.: Billy Budd [Opera] (Shicoff, Skovhus, Halfvarson, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Runnicles)

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Label: Orfeo

Genre: Opera

Period: 20th Century

Catalogue No: C230133

Barcode: 4011790230030

Release Date: 07/2024

BRITTEN, B.: Billy Budd [Opera] (Shicoff, Skovhus, Halfvarson, Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Runnicles)

This is a re-issue of the older ORFEO bestseller from 2003 (ex. C602033). It presents the successful Austrian premiere of Britten's opera, in the rarely performed original version with four acts.
The Austrian premiere from February 2001 saw also the baritone Bo Skovhus' last appearances as Billy Budd: a role that seemed tailor-made for him, for which, however, the baritone, aged 40, considered himself too old.

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Disc 1

Britten, Benjamin
Crozier, Eric - Lyricist
Forster, E.M. - Lyricist

Billy Budd, Op. 50

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)
Daniel, Boaz (bass)
Pelz, Markus (bass)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Monarcha, Janusz (bass)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Jelosits, Peter (tenor)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir (Choir)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Dickie, John (tenor)
Steller, Mario (vocals)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Chen, Yu (baritone)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Sramek, Alfred (bass)

1

Prologue: I am an old man … (Vere)

05:18

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

2

Act I Scene 1: Pull, me bantams! (First Mate, Second Mate, Sailing Master, Sailor, Bosun, Midshipmen, Donald, Maintop, Deck, Novice, Men, Squeak, Chorus)

06:11

Daniel, Boaz (bass)
Pelz, Markus (bass)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Monarcha, Janusz (bass)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

3

Act I Scene 1: Boat ahoy! (Maintop, Voice, Midshipmen, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Bosun, Ratcliffe)

02:28

Jelosits, Peter (tenor)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Monarcha, Janusz (bass)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

4

Act I Scene 1: To report having boarded (Ratcliffe, First Lieutenant, Claggart, Red Whiskers, Sailing Master, Jones, Billy)

05:35

Johnson, David (baritone)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Dickie, John (tenor)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Steller, Mario (vocals)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

5

Act I Scene 1: Billy Budd, king of the birds! (Billy, Sailing Master, First Lieutenant, Ratcliffe)

02:13

Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

6

Act I Scene 1: I heard, your honour! (Claggart, Squeak, Novice's Friend)

03:17

Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Chen, Yu (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

7

Act I Scene 1: Come along, kid! (Novice's Friend, Novice, Chorus)

03:13

Chen, Yu (baritone)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

8

Act I Scene 1: Christ! The poor chap … (Billy, Dansker, Red Whiskers, Donald)

03:16

Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Dickie, John (tenor)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

9

Act I Scene 1: Vere! Vere! - Officers and men of the Indomitable … (Seamen, Vere, Billy)

30:47

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

10

Act II Scene 1: Boy! (Vere, Boy)

02:06

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

11

Act II Scene 1: Plutarch - The Greeks and the Romans (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master)

04:19

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

12

Act II Scene 1: Any danger of French notions (First Lieutenant, Vere, Sailing Master, Chorus)

05:16

Bork, Robert (baritone)
Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

13

Act II Scene 1: Land on the port bow, sir (Ratcliffe, Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Chorus)

03:16

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

14

Act II Scene 2: Blow her away. (Red Whiskers, Chorus, Billy, Donald, Dansker)

08:09

Dickie, John (tenor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

15

Act II Scene 2: Billy went to his bag (Dansker, Claggart, Squeak, Boy)

03:11

Sramek, Alfred (bass)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

16

Act II Scene 2: O beauty, o handsomeness (Claggart)

04:23

Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

Disc 2

1

Act II Scene 2: I, John Claggart, Master-at-Arms (Claggart, Novice)

04:21

Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

2

Act II Scene 2: Why had it to be Billy, the one we all love? (Novice, Billy, Dansker)

10:39

Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Sramek, Alfred (bass)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

3

Act III Scene 1: I don't like the look of the mist … (Vere, First Lieutenant)

01:52

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

4

Act III Scene 1: Well, what is it, Master-at Arms? (All)

12:32

Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Chen, Yu (baritone)
Daniel, Boaz (bass)
Dickie, John (tenor)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Jelosits, Peter (tenor)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Monarcha, Janusz (bass)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Pelz, Markus (bass)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)
Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Sramek, Alfred (bass)
Steller, Mario (vocals)
Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Act III Scene 1: There you are again, Master-at-Arms. (Vere, Claggart, Boy)

07:26

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

6

Act III Scene 1: Interlude

03:12

Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

7

Act III Sene 2: Claggart, John Claggart, beware! (Vere, Billy)

03:43

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

8

Act III Scene 2: Master-at-Arms and foretopman … (Vere, Claggart, Billy)

03:52

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

9

Act III Scene 2: The mists have cleared (Vere, First Lieutenant, Sailing Master, Ratcliffe)

03:15

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

Disc 3

1

Act III Scene 2: William Budd, you are accused … (First Lieutenant, Vere, Billy)

09:45

Bork, Robert (baritone)
Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

2

Act III Scene 2: I accept their verdict. (Vere)

06:02

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

3

Act IV Scene 1: Look! Through the port comes the moonshine astray (Billy)

05:55

Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

4

Act IV Scene 1: Here! Baby! (Dansker, Billy)

04:26

Sramek, Alfred (bass)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

5

Act IV Scene 1: And farewell to ye … (Billy)

04:55

Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

6

Act IV Scene 2: According to the Articles of War … (All except Vere)

04:29

Bankl, Wolfgang (bass)
Bork, Robert (baritone)
Chen, Yu (baritone)
Daniel, Boaz (bass)
Dickie, John (tenor)
Halfvarson, Eric (bass)
Ifrim, Cosmin (tenor)
Jelosits, Peter (tenor)
Johnson, David (baritone)
Klausburg, Valentin (vocals)
Monarcha, Janusz (bass)
Nuzzo, John (vocals)
Pelz, Markus (bass)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)
Skovhus, Bo (baritone)
Smits, Geert (baritone)
Sramek, Alfred (bass)
Steller, Mario (vocals)
Vienna Hofburgkapelle Choir (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Chorus (Choir)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Act IV Scene 2: Down all hands! And see that they go! (First Lieutenant)

02:23

Bork, Robert (baritone)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

8

Epilogue: We committed his body to the deep (Vere)

06:38

Shicoff, Neil (tenor)
Vienna State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Runnicles, Donald (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 03:08:23