Finnegan Downie Dear - new production Billy Budd at the Opera de Lyon

Elza van den Heever Jennifer Holloway Alexander Soddy Simone Young Wolfgang Koch Anja Kampe Jaap van Zweden Magnus Dietrich Paul Pigster Tara Erraught Annette Dasch
Written by Gabriele Fauchet

The Lyon Opera presents Billy Budd for the first time, a masterpiece by composer Benjamin Britten. A moving story about an innocent man confronted with human injustice and cruelty.

Under the musical direction of Finnegan Downie Dear, the cast includes Sean Michael Plumb as Billy Budd and Derek Welton as John Claggart. 

Opera de Lyon : March 21, 23, 27, 29, 31, 2026 and April 2, 4, 2026

Gabriele Fauchet
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