Based on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the masses and the individual. The maritime atmosphere, the crudity of people’s lives and passions, and the complex, impenetrable personality of the protagonist come together in a tragedy which ferments and explodes in the din of silence and hearsay. New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden of London, the Opéra national of Paris and the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome
as Peter Grimes
as Ellen Orford
as Cap. Balstrode
as Auntie
as Bob Boles
as Swallow
as Mrs. Sedley
as Ned Keene
as Hobson
as First Niece
as Second Niece