Organization

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

David Alden

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Brigitte Reiffenstuel

Set designer

Set designer (+1)

Paul Steinberg

Conductor

Composer (+2)

Martyn Brabbins

Lighting designer

Lighting designer (+1)

Adam Silverman

Choreographer

Choreographer (+1)

Maxine Braham

Soprano (+1)

Elizabeth Llewellyn

Ellen Orford

Mezzo-soprano (+6)

Christine Rice

Auntie

Cleo Lee-McGowan

Niece I

Ava Dodd

Niece II

Bass-baritone (+5)

Simon Bailey

Balstrode

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Anne-Marie Owens

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Bass (+4)

Clive Bayley

Swallow

Baritone (+4)

Alex Otterburn

Ned Keene

Tenor (+4)

Ronald Samm

Rev. Horace Adams

Bass (+2)

David Soar

Hobson

English National Opera

Orchestra

English National Opera Orchestra

London Coliseum

Tenor

Gwyn Hughes Jones

Peter Grimes

John Findon

Bob Boles

Adam Sullivan

Baritone (+3)

Patrick Alexander Keefe

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.

English

Daniela Romina Ruesja

London

United Kingdom

Staged

Opera

Akshay C K

Peter Grimes | 21 Sep–11 Oct 2023 | London Coliseum |Find out more: www.eno.org/PeterGrimesFeaturing some of the most powerful and evocative opera music ever...