Peter Grimes

The story

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

A Allan ClaytonPeter Grimes M Maria BengtssonEllen Orford C Christopher PurvesCap. Balstrode C Catherine Wyn-RogersAuntie J John Graham-HallBob Boles C Clive BayleySwallow R Rosie AldridgeMrs. Sedley J Jacques ImbrailoNed Keene B Barnaby ReaHobson R Rocío PérezFirst Niece N Natalia LabourdetteSecond Niece