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