This week, Billy Budd premieres at the Opéra de Lyon, featuring Derek Welton as John Claggart. This is the first time that Budd has been shown at the Lyon Opera, with its new production directed by Richard Brunel. Fresh from his breathtaking jump-ins at La Scala, Derek switches Wagnerian mythology for British naval legend back across the Alps.

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Finnegan Downie Dear conducts Britten's score in what promises to be a powerful role debut for Derek.

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