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.
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
