Billy Budd Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
...the Novice, with great reluctance, agrees. Waking Billy, the Novice tries to tempt him with money (provided by Claggart) into leading a gang of dissidents who are plotting mutiny. Billy is initially attracted by the gold, but when he realizes what it is for he grows angry, his stammer starts up, and the Novice runs off. Dansker appears and helps Billy calm down. Billy tells him of the mutiny plan and his resistance to it. Dansker warns him that Claggart is hostile to him, but Billy refuses to believe it. The two men sing together: Billy is enraptured at the...
Ulisse Quick reference
The Grove Book of Operas (2 ed.)
...no longer and breaks down. The King, noticing his tears, asks his name. Ulysses identifies himself, and agrees to tell them his story. The scene immediately dissolves, revealing (scene ii) Ulysses’ ship about to drop anchor off the island of the Lotus‐eaters. His crew are near to mutiny, but they agree to beach the ship when they hear the sound of the Lotus‐eaters in the distance. The islanders then appear, drugged into euphoric lassitude through eating the blossoms and fruits of the lotus. They offer these to Ulysses’ crew, some of whom, despite his...
