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
Allan Clayton
as Peter Grimes
Maria Bengtsson
as Ellen Orford
Christopher Purves
as Cap. Balstrode
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
as Auntie
John Graham-Hall
as Bob Boles
Clive Bayley
as Swallow
Rosie Aldridge
as Mrs. Sedley
Jacques Imbrailo
as Ned Keene
Barnaby Rea
as Hobson
Rocío Pérez
as First Niece
Natalia Labourdette
as Second Niece
