Our Very Own Marianne Leitmetzerin (pictured) has graciously shared a jewel from her vast coffer of recorded performances, a boon La Cieca hopes will become a regular Monday event here at parterre.

Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd

Oper der Stadt Köln
Thomas Fulton, conductor
December 1992

Billy Budd – Boje Skovhus
Captain Edward Fairfax Vere – Philip Langridge
John Claggart – Monte Pederson
Mr. Redburn – Robert Bork
Mr. Flint – Ulrich Heilscher
Mr. Ratcliffe – Dieter Schweikart
Donald – Wilhelm Hartmann
Squeak – Martin Finke
Dansker – Carlos Feller
Novice – John LaPierre
Novice’s Friend – Klaus Bruch
Red Whiskers – Jean van Ree
Arthur Jones – Werner Sindemann
Bosun – István Rácz
First Mate – Karl-Heinz Vormschlag
Second Mate – Udo Kabot
Maintop – Eberhard Katz
Cabin Boy – Timo D’Arrigo
Midshipmen – Wolf Borchers, Stefan Laufenberg, Stephan Nordhoff, Johannes Schmitz

Celebrating the centennial of Benjamin Britten’s birth on 22 November 1913