26.10.2024

ADRIAN ERÖD in Britten‘s Billy Budd at the Vienna State Opera

For Adrian Eröd, the Vienna revival of Britten's Billy Budd in Willy Decker's production means a return to a production he is already familiar with, having sung Billy Budd himself in 2011 alongside Neil Shicoff's Captain Vere, thereby celebrating a great personal success.

Adrian Eröd has now matured from the young foretopman Billy Budd to the first lieutenant Mr Redburn, a role in which he can now be heard in the current revival at the Vienna State Opera until 10 November.

In this production, director Willy Decker recreates the oppressive atmosphere on board a warship during the Napoleonic Wars in Wolfgang Gussmann's period costumes and impressive, deliberately concise stage sets, in whose cramped cosmos the question of justice, love and forgiveness is poignantly negotiated.

Cast:

Gregory Kunde, Edward Fairfex Vere
Huw Montague Rendall, Billy Budd
Brindley Sherratt, John Claggart
Adrian Eröd, Mr Redburn
Wolfgang Bankl, Mr Flint
Attila Mokus, Lieutenant Ratcliffe
Andrea Giovannini, Red Whiskers
Andrei Maksimov, Donald
Dan Paul Dumitrescu, Dansker
Hiroshi Amako, The Newcomer
Lukas Schmidt, Squeak
Evgeny Solodovnikov, Boatswain
Jusung Gabriel Park, 1st mate
Marcus Pelz, 2nd mate
Devin Eatmon, Lookout
Alex Ilvakhin, friend of the newcomer

Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Wolfgang Gussmann, set & costume design