BILLY BUDD
The best concert I went to is a not very common one. It is an opera
called Billy Bud, by the composer Benjamin Britten. I came to the
concert everytime they gave me the ticket. I also performed at the
Santiago Opera in 2015. It is a very particular story. A sailor named
Billy Bud believes in the ideals of France: freedom, equality and
fraternity and because of that he receives better treatment as sailor,
which it does not happen, since the same commander of the ship is in
love with the protagonist and as he is not accepted, Klagar, the
antagonist, decides to destroy him. To do this, he devises a plan for a
possible mutiny where finally the protagonist kills Klagar in an
accident and receives, like any sailor on the high seas who kills a
colleague, the death penalty. It is there where they decide to hang
Billy, while his companions really want to riot now, since they consider
it a profound injustice. It is something beautiful and sad at the same
time.
A very particular concert, with a very interesting story. It should be nice to be able to witness music and performance at the same time.
ResponderEliminarI personally have never been to an opera, but it looks like something very interesting.
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