Billy Budd: Act I (2-act version)

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composer:Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (from 1949 until 1961)
librettist:Eduard Morgan Forster (from 1949 until 1950)
Eric Crozier (British theatre director and librettist) (from 1949 until 1959)
part of:Billy Budd (2-act version)
parts:Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Billy Budd, king of the birds!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Christ! the poor chap"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Come along kid! Come along!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "First man forward!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Guard boat! Indomitable!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "I heard, your honour!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Pull, my bantams!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Starry Vere we call him"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "What's that? What's those whistles?"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene I. "Your name?"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Ay, at Spithead"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Boy!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "Gentlemen, the King!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene II. "We are, sir. Claggart is an able one"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Billy!... Hist! Billy Budd!"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Blow her away"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Come here. Remember your promise"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Dansker, old friend, glad to see you"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Hi! You...a...a..."
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "Over the water"
Billy Budd: Act I, Scene III. "We're off to Samoa"