Billy Budd (opera) the conflict between good and evil, he is tormented by guilt over the case of Billy Budd on board his ship, HMS "Indomitable", some years earlier. The crew of the Indomitable works on deck. For slipping and bumping into an officer, the Novice is sentenced to be flogged. At the same time a cutter approaches, returning from a merchant ship where it has pressed three sailors into the Royal Navy. One of these sailors, Billy Budd, seems overjoyed with his situation – entirely different from the other two who are not so happy. Claggart, the Master-at-Arms, calls him "a find
Opera in Canada Tragical Tale of the Tricky Troubadour; or The Truant Tracked" (1886) that satirically adapted Verdi's "Il Trovatore". A parody based on Canadian politics of that time as well as on Arthur Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" was William Harry Fuller's "HMS Parliament, or, The Lady Who Loved a Government Clerk" (1879). Other Canadian operas written during the nineteenth century include Frederick W. Mills's "Maire of St Brieux" (1875), Susie Frances Harrisons's three-act comic opera "Pipandour" (1884) and Arthur Clappé's "Canada’s Welcome: A Masque" (1897). All of which had librettos written by F.A. Dixon. Arthur Clappé's opera was written for thirteen soloists representing