Britten: Peter Grimes
2012The Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for "Peter Grimes" at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten's operas on the lyric stages of Italy. A top British cast was marshaled by the baton of Robin Ticciati. Richard Jones's production focuses on the fisherman as the outside in a brutal and brutalized 1980s society, cut off by mutual suspicion and misunderstanding: an unforgettable production of a 20th-century operatic masterpiece that never loses its power. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.
Acted in
John Graham-Hall
as Peter Grimes
Susan Gritton
as Ellen Orford
Christopher Purves
as Captain Balstrode
Felicity Palmer
as Auntie
Peter Hoare
as Bob Boles
Daniel Okulitch
as Swallow
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
as Mrs. Sedley
Christopher Gillett
as Rev. Horace Adams
George von Bergen
as Ned Keene
Stephen Richardson
as Hobson
Francesco Malvuccio
as Boy
Ida Falk Winland
as Niece
Simona Mihai
as Niece