Organization

Stage director

Dirk Schmeding

Conductor

Domonkos Héja

Costume designer

Britta Leonhardt

Set designer

Martina Segna

Dramaturge

Sophie Walz

Singer

Tenor

Jacques le Roux

Peter Grimes

Soprano

Sally du Randt

Ellen Orford

Lighting designer

Marco Vitale

Baritone

Wiard Witholt

Balstrode

Contralto

Judith Christ

Auntie

Olena Sloia

Niece I

Jacoba Barber-Rozema

Niece II

Mezzo-soprano

Christianne Bélanger

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Bass

Avtandil Kaspeli

Swallow

Modestas Sedlevičius

Ned Keene

Pascal Herington

Bob Boles

Roman Poboinyi

Rev. Horace Adams

Shin Yeo

Hobson

Staatstheater Augsburg

Others

Opernchor des Staatstheater Augsburg

Orchestra

Augsburg Philharmonic

Katsiaryna Ihnatsyeva-Cadek

Augsburg State Theater

English

Augsburg

Germany

martini-Park

Public

German

Approved

In the small coastal town of Borough, people wrestle with nature to survive in daily struggles. The fisherman Peter Grimes has a particularly difficult time: his last helper was killed during the hard work and although his death is considered an accident, the community turns against him. Their hostility escalates when Peter gets a new assistant from the orphanage. Because of Peter's rough behavior, even his advocate, Ellen Orford, distances herself from him. Threatened by the angry crowd, Peter and his apprentice flee over the cliffs: The boy dies, Peter sinks himself into the sea with his fishing boat.
Benjamin Britten made his homeland, the rough east coast of England, the setting for his first opera. From the inhospitable coast and rough seas he created a harsh and gloomy atmosphere in which people fight against the elements of nature and in which the outsider Peter Grimes goes down. In addition to the rising music, the quality of the opera is due to its shifting between the social tableau and the debate about collective and individual guilt.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble