This opera opens and closes with a frame narrative in which a character who refused to overturn a courtmartial comes to peace with his failings, and that man declares that another has been "struck down by theAngel of God!"
This opera opens and closes with a frame narrative in which a character who refused to overturn a courtmartial comes to peace with his failings, and that man declares that another has been "struck down by theAngel of God!" E. M. Forster wrote the libretto for this opera, and a 1960 revision cut this work from fouracts to the now-standard two. Dansker's offer of a mutiny to save one character is turned down in thiswork. The title figure of this opera is nicknamed "Baby" after he is horrified by the sight of a man that hasbeen whipped, and before his death declares "Starry Vere, God Bless You!" For 10 points, name this operaby Benjamin Britten based on a work by Herman Melville
This opera opens and closes with a frame narrative in which a character who refused to overturn a courtmartial comes to peace with his failings, and that man declares that another has been "struck down by theAngel of God!"
Billy Budd