Billy Budd (opera) percussion (six players [xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, block, tambourine, side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, whip, cymbals, small gong, 4 drums (played by drummers on stage)]), harp, strings. Prologue "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of "HMS Indomitable" " "Scene 2: Address" Act 2 "Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin" "Scene 2: Berth-deck" Act 3 "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck" "Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin" Act 4 "Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck" "Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck" Epilogue Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, an old man, reflects on his life and his time in the navy. He reflects on
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