Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,360 playable programmes from the BBC

Peter Grimes

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Benjamin Britten 's Opera live from the Grand Theatre in Geneva.
Grand Theatre Chorus
Suisse Romande Orchestra conductor Bruno Bartoletti

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Bruno Bartoletti
Peter Grimes, a fisherman:
Jan Bunkhof (tenor)
Ellen Orford. a widow, school mistress of the Borough:
Ashley Putnam (soprano)
Captain Batstrode, retired merchant skipper:
Victor Braun (baritone)
Auntie, Landlady of 'The Boar':
Anne Collins (contralto)
Auntie's first niece:
Alison Hagley (soprano)
Auntie's second niece:
Lesley Garrett (soprano)
Bob Boles, fisherman and Methodist:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Swallow, a lawyer:
Davis Wilson-Johnson (bass)
Mrs (Nabob) Sedley:
Sarah Walker (mezzo)
Rev Horace Adams, the rector:
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Ned Keene apothecary and quack:
Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone)
Hobson the carrier:
Leonard Graus (bass)
DrCrabbe:
Richard Walsh
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More