Name: Peter Grimes
Start: 2017-05-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grieghallen

Organization

Bergen International Festival

Singer

Tenor

Stuart Skelton

Peter Grimes

Soprano

Giselle Allen

Ellen Orford

Baritone

Roderick Williams

Balstrode

Contralto

Annika Schlicht

Auntie

Hanna Husáhr

Niece I

Vibeke Kristensen

Niece II

Mezzo-soprano

Catheryn Wyn-Rogers

Mrs (Nabob) Sedley

Bass

Andrew Greenan

Swallow

Marcus Farnsworth

Ned Keene

Colin Judson

Bob Boles

James Gilchrist

Rev. Horace Adams

Barnaby Rea

Hobson

Conductor

Edward Gardner

Stage director

Vera Rostin Wexelsen

Chorus master

Håkon Matti Skrede

Bergen National Opera

Others

Bergen Filharmoniske Kor

Orchestra

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Ingliż

Bergen

Norway

Grieghallen

Live recording of Britten's majestic opera Peter Grimes, a production universally praised by critics both in Bergen and at the Edinburgh International Festival:
"A complete success" - The Times
"A highlight of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival" - The Guardian
"Another glorious triumph" - The Scotsman
"The best Peter Grimes I’ve ever seen" - The Spectator
"En bedre versjon av operaen Peter Grimes får du neppe" - Bergens Tidende
"Rett og slett en voldsomt sterk fremføring av Peter Grimes" - NRK Kulturnytt

Benjamin Britten / Music
Montagu Slater / Libretto based on George Crabbes poem The Borough
Ed Gardner / Conductor
Stage concept: Vera Rostin Wexelsen
Norwegian translation: Maria af Klinteberg Herresthal
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edvard Grieg Kor
Bergen Philharmonic Choir
Collegium Musicum Kor
Royal Northern College of Music Choir (Manchester)
Håkon Matti Skrede / Choirmaster

The performance was presented by Bergen National Opera, Bergen International Festival and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Grieghallen in May 2017.

The production was also performed at Edinburgh International Festival in August to stellar reviews, ''A complete success'', The Times.

Peter Grimes Britten

Public

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Approved

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