Inhalt
-   1. Synopsis
-   2. Herman Melville's Billy Budd
-   3. Britten's Billy Budd: Melville as opera libretto
-   4. From first thoughts to first night: a Billy Budd chronology
-   5. The 1960 revisions: a two-act Billy Budd
-   6. Britten's 'prophetic song': tonal symbolism in Billy Budd
-   7. A Billy Budd notebook (1979–91)
-   8. Stage history and critical reception
-   Appendices.