Organization

Singer

Tenor

Jonas Kaufmann

Peter Grimes

Soprano

Lise Davidsen

Ellen Orford

Baritone

Bryn Terfel

Balstrode

Stage director

Christine Mielitz

Conductor

Simone Young

Costume designer

Gottfried Pilz

Set designer

Choreographer

Roland Giertz

Martin Häßler

Ned Keene

Libretto

Montagu Slater

Contralto

Noa Beinart

Auntie

Ileana Tonca

Niece I

Aurora Marthens

Niece II

Thomas Ebenstein

Bob Boles

Bass

Wolfgang Bankl

Swallow

Carlos Osuna

Rev. Horace Adams

Erik Van Heyningen

Hobson

Mezzo-soprano

Stephanie Houtzeel

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Wiener Staatsoper

Alejandro Pizarro-Enríquez

Fisherman

Silent

Pavel Strasil

Dr Crabbe

Ferdinand Pfeiffer

Orchestra

Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Others

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper

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Vienna

Austria

Peter Grimes Britten Poster Wiener Staatsoper Vienna

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Approved

Peter Grimes: Peter Grimes Britten

Peter Grimes Britten Promo

Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes tells the story of an outsider who comes under the wheels of the society that surrounds him. The starting point for this work was a verse narrative by George Crabbe describing life in a small fishing village. Britten, who came from Aldeburgh, found his own home in Crabbe's text and decided to set the Peter Grimes story to music in the early 1940s. The title role was sung by the tenor Peter Pears, with whom Britten had a personal and artistic relationship.
The opera was premiered in London in 1945. However, it took more than half a century for the first performance at the Vienna State Opera; it was not until 1996 that the work was staged by Christine Mielitz. She tells the story straightforwardly and clearly and shows the tormented soul of the title character in a cold atmosphere.

Peter Grimes by Britten, From (2022/2022), Directed by Christine Mielitz,, Conductor Simone Young, Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

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