Organization

Singer

Soprano

Carolyn James

Ellen Orford

Patricia Racette

Tenor

Philip Langridge

Peter Grimes

Anthony Dean Griffey

Baritone

Alan Opie

Balstrode

Mezzo-soprano

Judith Christin

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Contralto

Stephanie Blythe

Auntie

Joyce Guyer

Niece I

Emily Pulley

Niece II

Robert Brubaker

Bob Boles

Bernard Fitch

Rev. Horace Adams

Paul Whelan

Ned Keene

Kim Josephson

Bass

James Courtney

Swallow

Daniel Sumegi

Hobson

Conductor

David Atherton

Stage director

Lesley Koenig

Set designer

Tanya Moiseiwitsch

Costume designer

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Philip Langridge delivers a searing performance as the title hero, a fisherman accused by a hostile community of causing the death of his apprentice. Patricia Racette is Ellen Orford, the woman who stands by him, and Alan Opie sings Captain Balstrode, the man who realizes he is unable to protect Peter. A young Stephanie Blythe is Auntie, the innkeeper, and David Atherton conducts Britten’s first and most successful opera.

Peter Grimes Britten

Public

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading