Peter Grimes

The most important English opera since the time(s) of Henry Purcell

Peter Grimes — Plot

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

• Release date
• May 7, 2021
• Runtime
• 225 min
• Genres
• Music
• Director
• Deborah Warner

Peter Grimes — Cast

Allan Clayton Peter Grimes Maria Bengtsson Ellen Orford Christopher Purves Cap. Balstrode Catherine Wyn-Rogers Auntie John Graham-Hall Bob Boles

C

Clive Bayley Swallow

R

Rosie Aldridge Mrs. Sedley Jacques Imbrailo Ned Keene