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Peter Grimes

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Opera in three acts and a prologue, by Benjamin Britten
Words by MONTAGU SLATER , after the poem by GEORGE CRABBE (gramophone records)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN conducted by THE COMPOSER
The action takes place around the year 1830, in the Borough, a small fishing town on the East Coast.
Prologue and Act 1
2.35* Interval Reading
2.40* Peter Grimes : Act 2
3.30* Interval Reading
3.35* Peter Grimes : Act 3

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Benjamin Britten
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Montagu Slater
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Peter Grimes
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Peter Grimes
Source: Radio Times

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