Name: Peter Grimes
Start: 2024-02-11T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-02-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Staatsoper

Organization

Stage director

Sabine Hartmannshenn

Set designer

Wolfgang Gussmann

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Hans Toelstede

Chorus master

Eberhard Friedrich

Conductor

Kent Nagano

Singer

Tenor

Gregory Kunde

Peter Grimes

Soprano

Jennifer Holloway

Ellen Orford

Baritone

Iain Paterson

Balstrode

Claire Gascoin

Niece II

Mezzo-soprano

Rosie Aldridge

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Nicholas Mogg

Ned Keene

Bass

Liam James Karai

Hobson

Staatsoper Hamburg

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Others

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Florian Panzieri

Bob Boles

Joshua Bloom

Swallow

Jürgen Sacher

Rev. Horace Adams

Sarah Gilford

Niece I

Contralto

Clare Presland

Auntie

Na'ama Shulman

English

Hamburg

Germany

Staatsoper

Großes Haus

Peter Grimes Britten

Public

German

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

When distrust and rumors start circulating in a village, it's hard to counteract it. The fisherman Peter Grimes also has to find out. He is said to be responsible for the death of his apprentice. In the course of the opera, accidents multiply. For the villagers, only the question of guilt is in the foreground - for the audience of the opera, the realization of what collective exclusion can cause.
»When I wrote ›Peter Grimes‹, I wanted to express my knowledge of the eternal struggle of the men and women who wrested their lives, their livelihood, from the sea«, the composer described his subject. The sea is not only a central theme of Benjamin Britten's composition, but also Grimes' last desperate refuge...
In her production, Sabine Hartmannshenn focuses on the opposite of the individual and the masses. The opera choir stands as a powerful company alongside the expelled Grimes and is one of the main actors of the work - stage design and light reflect the inner turmoil of the fisherman.

Wenn Misstrauen und Gerüchte in einem Dorf erst mal die Runde machen, ist dagegen schwer anzukommen. Das muss auch der Fischer Peter Grimes erfahren. Er soll für den Tod seines Lehrlings verantwortlich sein. Im Laufe der Oper häufen sich die Unglücksfälle. Für die Dorfbewohner steht nur noch die Schuldfrage im Vordergrund - für den Zuschauer der Oper die Erkenntnis, was kollektive Ausgrenzung bewirken kann.
»Als ich ›Peter Grimes‹ schrieb, ging es mir darum, meinem Wissen um den ewigen Kampf der Männer und Frauen, die ihr Leben, ihren Lebensunterhalt dem Meer abtrotzten, Ausdruck zu verleihen«, beschrieb der Komponist sein Sujet. Das Meer ist dabei nicht nur ein zentrales Thema von Benjamin Brittens Komposition, sondern auch Grimes' letzte verzweifelte Zuflucht...
Sabine Hartmannshenn stellt in ihrer Inszenierung das Gegenüber von Individuum und Masse in den Mittelpunkt. Der Opernchor steht als mächtige Gesellschaft dabei eindrucksvoll neben dem ausgeschlossenen Grimes und ist einer der Hauptakteure des Werks - Bühnenbild und Licht spiegeln die innere Zerrissenheit des Fischers.

Deutsch

Peter Grimes by Britten, From (2024/2024), Directed by Sabine Hartmannshenn,, Conductor Kent Nagano, Staatsoper, Hamburg, Germany

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

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