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Afternoon Concert

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Afternoon on 3: Thursday Opera Matinee

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee: Episode 2: Britten: Peter Grimes

Britten: Peter Grimes

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Episode 2: Britten: Peter Grimes

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Donald Runnicles conducts Britten's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre in Geneva.

Donald Runnicles conducts Britten's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre in Geneva, with Stephen Gould as Peter Grimes and Gabriele Fontana as Ellen Orford.

In Afternoon on 3's regular Thursday opera slot, Donald Runnicles conducts Britten's Peter Grimes at the Grand Theatre in Geneva. The lonesome fisherman Peter Grimes stands accused of murdering his boy apprentice. Although he is aquitted, the townsfolk have made their own verdict, and only the school teacher Ellen Orford has any sympathy for him. In a production from Geneva, Stephen Gould plays Peter, with Gabriele Fontana as Ellen.

Presented by Penny Gore

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Britten: Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes ...... Stephen Gould 
Ellen Orford ...... Gabriele Fontana 
Balstrode ...... Peter Sidhom 
Auntie ...... Carole Wilson 
1st Niece ...... Julianne Gearhart 
2nd Niece ...... Laurence Misonne 
Bob Bales ...... Michael Howard 
Swallow ...... Clive Bayley 
Mrs Sedley ...... Elizabeth Sikora 
Rev Adams ...... Adrian Thompson 
Ned Keene ...... Daniel Belcher 
Hobson ...... Simon Kirkbride 
Grand Theatre Chorus
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Donald Runnicles (conductor).

Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee

Thursday Opera Matinee

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