Peter Grimes

Overview

Based on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the masses and the individual. The maritime atmosphere, the crudity of people’s lives and passions, and the complex, impenetrable personality of the protagonist come together in a tragedy which ferments and explodes in the din of silence and hearsay. New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden of London, the Opéra national of Paris and the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome

Cast

Allan Clayton

Peter Grimes

Maria Bengtsson

Ellen Orford

Christopher Purves

Cap. Balstrode

Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Auntie

John Graham-Hall

Bob Boles

Clive Bayley

Swallow

Rosie Aldridge

Mrs. Sedley

Jacques Imbrailo

Ned Keene

Barnaby Rea

Hobson

Rocío Pérez

First Niece