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Billy Budd

Billy Budd is an opera in four acts by the English composer Benjamin Britten (see Britten, Benjamin). The libretto (text), by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, was based on an unfinished story by the American author Herman Melville. Britten conducted the first performance of Billy Budd at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on Dec. 1, 1951.

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