About the production
- Run time: 3hrs
- Subtitles: English
- Opera house: Teatro La Fenice
Britten’s first large-scale opera, premiered in 1945, tells the story of the fisherman Peter Grimes who lives in The Borough, a coastal village in Suffolk. Grimes is a tragic character: aspiring to improvement but brutish, he is often scapegoated by the gossipy folks and loses his life at sea, as the villagers continue to go about their business. Even though he is involved in the deaths of two apprentice boys, the opera never reveals whether he is a murderer, an abusive guardian, or simply the victim of his obsession with money. With luscious orchestral music, powerful choruses, and beautiful solo arias, Britten’s music conjures up a complex vision of both Nature’s majesty and harsh human relations.
Ticket information
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Teatro La Fenice
Address:
Campo S. Fantin, 1965, 30124 Venice View in Google Maps
How to get there:
Public Boat – “Vaporetto”
from Tronchetto: line 2 direction/via Rialto bridge, St Mark, Lido
from Piazzale Roma, Ferrovia: line 1 or 2 direction/via Rialto bridge, St Mark Lido
Stops: Line 1 - Rialto bridge, St Angel, St Samuel or St Mark (Vallaresso)
Line 2 - Rialto bridge or St Mark (Vallaresso)
Conductor Juraj Valčuha
Chorus Master Alfonso Caiani
Director Paul Curran
Sets & Costumes Gary McCann
light designer Fabio Barettin
Peter Grimes Brenden Gunnell
Ellen Orford Emma Bell
Captain Balstrode Mark S. Doss
Auntie Sara Fulgoni
First Niece Patricia Westley
Second Niece Jessica Cale
Robert Boles Cameron Becker
Swallow Sion Goronwy
Mrs. Sedley Rosalind Plowright
rev. Horace Adams Eamon Mulhall
Ned Keene Alex Otterburn
Hobson Laurence Meikle
Boy (John), Grimes’ apprentice Pietro Moretti
