Overview

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.

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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