Billy Budd (Glyndebourne 2010)

This Billy Budd is Glyndebourne’s first production (and Director Michael Grandage’s first foray into opera), but such is Glyndebourne’s pedigree with Britten that it was an eagerly anticipated production that does not disappoint. Jacques Imbrailo as Billy Budd is simplicity at its best, with a warmth of tone and excellent diction. Iain Paterson as Redburn the First Lieutenant, leads the officers powerfully, his trio with Lieutenant Ratcliffe (Darren Jeffery) and Flint (Matthew Rose) is as good as any momen