An opera in three acts and a prologue derived from the poem of GEORGE CRABBE
Music by BENJAMIN BRITTEN Words by MONTAGU SLATER The moving and powerful tragedy of an East Anglian fisherman, whose uncompromising independence leads to disaster.
Scene: The Borough, a small fishing town on the east coast about 1830
Prologue: a Court Room in the Moot Hall
Act 1, Scene 1: The Borough, a few days later
Scene 2: inside The Boar, the same evening
Act 2, Scene 1: The Borough, some weeks later
Scene 2: Grimes's hut
Act 3, Scene 1: The Borough, three days later
Scene 2: the same a few hours later
Children from
LEISTON MODERN SCHOOL
AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader JOHN GEORGIADIS conducted by Benjamin Britten
A crucial breakthrough in the presentation of opera on TV.... indisputably authoritative
(DAILY TELEGRAPH)
As a document the recording is priceless and beyond criticism
(TV MAIL)
Staged by JOAN CROSS
Costumes JUANITA WATERSON Director BRIAN LARGE
Producer JOHN CULSHAW
Recorded at The Maltings, Snape