Britten: Peter Grimes
01/05/2012
3h



The 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.
Cast


John Graham-Hall
Peter Grimes


Susan Gritton
Ellen Orford


Christopher Purves
Captain Balstrode


Felicity Palmer
Auntie


Peter Hoare
Bob Boles


Daniel Okulitch
Swallow


Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Mrs. Sedley
Christopher Gillett
Rev. Horace Adams
George von Bergen
Ned Keene
Stephen Richardson
Hobson
Francesco Malvuccio
Boy
Ida Falk Winland
Niece
Simona Mihai
Niece
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