Billy Budd (Metropolitan Opera)
When asked what my favourite opera is, I usually respond with vague platitudes about not having favourites, loving them all, etc. etc. That's pretty much true but if I had to pick one, which luckily I don't, it would probably be whatever the last Britten opera I happened to hear was. I love his stuff to bits and after Glyndebourne's absolutely stonking "Billy Budd" of two seasons ago, I can honestly say that that "Bu…