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Tenor (+2)

Issachah Savage

Peter Grimes

Orchestra

Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Lorenzo Viotti

Stage director

Stage director (+6)

Barbora Horáková

Costume designer

Set designer (+1)

Eva Maria Van Acker

Set designer

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Tabea Rothfuchs

Lighting designer

Sascha Zauner

Dramaturge

Luc Joosten

Soprano

Johanni van Oostrum

Ellen Orford

Baritone (+3)

Leigh Melrose

Balstrode

Contralto (+7)

Helena Rasker

Auntie

Lucas van Lierop

Bob Boles

Bass (+4)

James Platt

Swallow

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Claire Barnett-Jones

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Tenor (+1)

Marcel Reijans

Rev. Horace Adams

Baritone (+5)

Will Liverman

Ned Keene

Bass-baritone (+4)

Sam Carl

Hobson

Chorus

Koor van De Nationale Opera

Chorusmaster

Conductor (+2)

Edward Ananian-Cooper

Assistant Stage Director

Stage director (+2)

Maren Schäfer

The fisherman Peter Grimes is an outsider who becomes the target of accusations and is eventually driven to a tragic end. The psychological thriller Peter Grimes (1945) explores the deeply human struggle with the elements, with ourselves and with our fellow human beings. In his inimitable fashion, Benjamin Britten uses music to draw links between human fate, the eternal force of the sea and the destructive power of false morality and intolerance.

Lorenzo Viotti and Barbora Horáková
Stage director Barbora Horáková is returning to Dutch National Opera after previously collaborating with conductor Lorenzo Viotti in the unique multidisciplinary project Missa in tempore belli by Haydn (2020). In this new production of Peter Grimes, Horáková and her team highlight the tension between the loner and the village community, with a starring role for the Chorus of Dutch National Opera.

The role of Peter Grimes will be sung by up-and-coming tenor Issachah Savage, who is making his debut with Dutch National Opera. After roles in Der Freischütz and Rusalka, soprano Johanni van Oostrum is returning as Ellen Orford. The role of the fisherman Balstrode will be performed by the striking singer and actor Leigh Melrose. Helena Rasker, a favourite with Dutch audiences, returns to Dutch National Opera to perform the role of Auntie.

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