Billy Budd

opera by Benjamin Britten
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q803767
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Billy Budd

Summary

Billy Budd is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #333 of 2,893).[2]

Key Facts

  • Billy Budd's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • Billy Budd's composer is recorded as Benjamin Britten[4].
  • Billy Budd's librettist is recorded as E. M. Forster[5].
  • Billy Budd's librettist is recorded as Eric Crozier[6].
  • Billy Budd's based on is recorded as Billy Budd, Sailor[7].
  • Billy Budd's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Billy Budd's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Billy Budd was published on 2000[10].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as A Novice[11].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Billy Budd[12].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Bosun[13].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Cabin Boy[14].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Captain Vere of HMS Indomitable[15].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Donald[16].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as First Mate[17].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Four midshipmen[18].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Lieutenant Ratcliffe[19].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Maintop[20].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Second Mate[21].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Squeak[22].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as The Novice's Friend[23].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Arthur Jones[24].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Red Whiskers[25].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Dansker[26].
  • Billy Budd's characters is recorded as Mr. Redburn[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Opera[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ef2a7ebb-20d0-46a0-aa25-e750cbb5cd9c[29]

Why It Matters

Billy Budd draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (dramatico_musical_work category, ranking #333 of 2,893).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Grove Music Online. Retrieved . doi.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Eric-92 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Language of work or name English
    Form of creative work opera
    Copyright status copyrighted
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