Britten, Benjamin - Billy Budd World Premiere Program 1951 Autographs Actors - Letter E Italian orchestral and operatic conductor

Italian orchestral and operatic conductor (1884-1960)

sang a wide variety of heroic tenor repertoire in Europe and North America from the 1860s up to his death

highly celebrated in the era of silent films

on January 2nd

Britten, Benjamin - Billy Budd World Premiere Program 1951 Autographs Actors - Letter E Italian orchestral and operatic conductorProgram for the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd" at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, on December 1, 1951, starring British tenor Peter Pears as Captain Bere and conducted by the composer himself. Size is 8. 5 x 10. 7 inches, 4 pages, in excellent condition.