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Opera 625: Peter Grimes

on BBC Two England

The Sadler's Wells production of the opera by Benjamin Britten.
Libretto by Montagu Slater based on the poem by George Crabbe.
From Sadler's Wells Theatre, London

Sadler's Wells Chorus
Chorus-Master, John Barker
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
Leader, Brian Thomas
Conducted by Meredith Davies
The action of the opera takes place in The Borough, a small East Coast fishing town, early in the nineteenth century.
Act 1
Prologue:
A courtroom in the Moot Hall
Scene 1:
The High Street, a few days later
Scene 2:
Inside The Boar, the same evening
Act 2
Scene 1:
The High Street, Sunday morning, some weeks later
Scene 2:
Peter Grimes's hut
Act 3
Scene 1:
The High Street, three days later
Scene 2:
The same, early the next morning

Contributors

Composer:
Benjamin Britten
Libretto:
Montagu Slater
Based on the poem by:
George Crabbe
Singers:
Sadler's Wells Chorus
Chorus-Master:
John Barker
Musicians:
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
[Orchestra] leader:
Brian Thomas
[Orchestra] conducted by:
Meredith Davies
Designer:
Alan Tagg
Producer:
Basil Coleman
Special effects:
Ron Oates
Television presentation:
John Vernon
Peter Grimes a fisherman:
Ronald Dowd
Ellen Orford the Borough schoolmistress:
Elizabeth Fretwell
Auntie, a landlady of The Boar:
Sheil Rex
Niece:
Iris Kells
Niece:
Margaret Gale
Balstrode, a retired sea captain:
Harry Mossfield
Mrs. Sedley, a widow:
Ann Robson
Swallow, lawyer and magistrate:
Howell Glynne
Ned Keene:
David Bowman
Bob Boles, a Methodist fisherman:
Gregory Dempsey
Rector:
John Chorley
Hobson, the village carrier:
Noel Mangin
Dr Thorpe:
Basil Hemming
A boy:
Peter Mills
Grimes's new apprentice:
[name uncredited]

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