- Composer:
- Benjamin Britten
- Librettist:
- E.M. Forster
- Librettist:
- Eric Crozier
- From the story by:
- Herman Melville
- Musicians:
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus:
- Ambrosian Opera Chorus
- Leader (London Symphony Orchestra):
- John Georgiadis
- Associate Conductor:
- David Lloyd-Jones
- Conductor:
- Charles MacKerras
- Repetiteur:
- John Constable
- Designer:
- Tony Abbott
- Producer:
- Cedric Messina
- Director:
- Basil Coleman
- Edward Fairfax Vere, Captain of HMS Indomitable:
- Peter Pears
- Billy Budd, foretopman:
- Peter Glossop
- John Claggart, Master-at-arms:
- Michael Langdon
- Mr Redburn, First Lieutenant:
- John Shirley-Quirk
- Mr Flint, Sailing master:
- Bryan Drake
- Lieutenant Ratcliffe:
- David Kelly
- Red Whiskers, an impressed man:
- Kenneth MacDonald
- Donald, a sailor:
- David Bowman
- Dansker, an old seaman:
- Dennis Wicks
- The Novice:
- Robert Tear
- Squeak, a ship's corporal:
- Robert Bowman
- Bosun:
- Delme Bryn-Jones
- First Mate:
- Eric Garrett
- Second Mate:
- Norman Lumsden
- Maintop:
- Nigel Rogers
- The Novice's friend:
- Benjamin Luxon
- Arthur Jones, an impressed man:
- Keith Raggett
- Midshipmen:
- Phillip Wait
- Midshipmen:
- Richard Jones
- Midshipmen:
- Alan Wolstencroft
- Midshipmen:
- William Winder
- Cabin boy (spoken):
- Bernard Franeli
