内容

目次

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 BillyBudd 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.