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

Peter Grimes (2021)
The most important English opera since the time(s) of Henry Purcell
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Allan Clayton
Peter Grimes

Maria Bengtsson
Ellen Orford

Christopher Purves
Cap. Balstrode

Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Auntie

John Graham-Hall
Bob Boles
CB
Clive Bayley
Swallow
RA
Rosie Aldridge
Mrs. Sedley
JI
Jacques Imbrailo
Ned Keene
BR
Barnaby Rea
Hobson