Teatro dell’Opera di Roma in coproduction with Teatro Real Madrid, Royal Opera House Covent Garden London, and Opéra National de Paris present Peter Grimes, music by Benjamin Britten and Libretto by Montagu Slater after the George Crabbe’s poem, The Borough. The World Premiere Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 7 June 1945
Opera in one prologue and three acts. First performed at Teatro Costanzi 2 May 1961.
CONDUCTOR Michele Mariotti
DIRECTOR Deborah Warner
CHORUS MASTER Ciro Visco
SET DESIGNER Michael Levine
COSTUME DESIGNER Luis F. Carvalho
LIGHTING DESIGNER Peter Mumford
CHOREOGRAPHER Kim Brandstrup
VIDEO Justin Nardella
CAST
Peter Grimes Allan Clayton
Ellen Orford Sophie Bevan
Capitain Balstrode Simon Keenlyside
Auntie Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Bob Boles John Graham-Hall
Swallow Clive Bayley
Mrs Sedley Clare Presland
Rev. Horace Adam James Gilchrist
Ned Keene Jacques Imbrailo
Hobson Stephen Richardson
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma Orchestra and Chorus