Organization

Stage director

David Alden

Costume designer

Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Set designer

Paul Steinberg

Conductor

Martyn Brabbins

Lighting designer

Adam Silverman

Choreographer

Maxine Braham

Singer

Tenor

Gwyn Hughes Jones

Peter Grimes

Soprano

Elizabeth Llewellyn

Ellen Orford

Contralto

Christine Rice

Auntie

Cleo Lee-McGowan

Niece I

Ava Dodd

Niece II

Baritone

Simon Bailey

Balstrode

Mezzo-soprano

Anne-Marie Owens

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Bass

Clive Bayley

Swallow

Alex Otterburn

Ned Keene

John Findon

Bob Boles

Ronald Samm

Rev. Horace Adams

David Soar

Hobson

English National Opera

Orchestra

English National Opera Orchestra

Adam Sullivan

English

London

United Kingdom

London Coliseum

Public

Private

Approved

Peter Grimes Britten

Now the Great Bear and Pleiades from Peter Grimes sung by Stuart Skelton, one of the finest tenors of his generation. Having won critical acclaim in the title role of English National Opera's Peter Grimes, directed by David Alden, he returns to the the London Coliseum for ENO's autumn 2014 production of Verdi's Otello: http://goo.gl/cEfhup

Otello | London Coliseum | 13 September - 17 October 2014
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Brought to life through some of Verdi’s most powerful and tender music, Shakespeare’s great tragedy of deception, love and jealousy sees army general Otello and his new wife Desdemona destroyed by the manipulative Captain Iago.

This dramatic new production sees director David Alden and tenor Stuart Skelton reunited after 2014’s triumphant Peter Grimes.

Conductor - Edward Gardner
Director - David Alden
Pianist - Richard Peirson 
Otello - Stuart Skelton
Desdemona - Leah Crocetto
Iago - Jonathan Summers
Cassio - Allan Clayton
Roderigo - Peter Van Hulle
Lodovico - Barnaby Rea
Montano - Charles Johnston
Emilia - Pamela Helen Stephen

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About English National Opera:
ENO is creating the future of opera: presenting award-winning work that is new, exciting and surprising. Collaborating with creative talent from across the arts, ENO is based at the London Coliseum and has a world-class reputation for distinctive and highly theatrical productions. This reputation has resulted in many high profile artistic partnerships with opera houses and festivals around the world

Featuring some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever written, Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes paints a vivid picture of a small community’s transformation into a hateful mob in the face of a local tragedy.

Peter Grimes’ apprentice goes missing in mysterious circumstances. The townspeople’s mistrust of the fisherman then turns into something far darker. Gossip becomes suspicion. Suspicion descends into accusation. The villagers come together with devastating consequences to confront the outsider Grimes.

Part-psychological thriller and part-morality play, Peter Grimes is an elegantly simple story. Beautifully expressed musically, about ever-present forces of fear, suspicion and intolerance. Forces, that if left unchecked, repress our differences and drive us apart as individuals and communities.

The production is conducted by Martyn Brabbins, ENO’s Director of Music, and directed by longstanding ENO collaborator, David Alden. It features Gwyn Hughes Jones in the title role with former and current Harewood Artists, Elizabeth Llewellyn (as Ellen Orford), Alex Otterburn (Ned Keene) and, John Findon (Bob Boles).

Book your 2023 tickets now with the ENO to see one of opera’s most thrilling works, Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, on the London Coliseum stage.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble