Britten: Peter Grimes

The story

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 & crew

John Graham-HallPeter Grimes

Susan GrittonEllen Orford

Christopher PurvesCaptain Balstrode

Felicity PalmerAuntie

Peter HoareBob Boles

Daniel OkulitchSwallow

Catherine Wyn-RogersMrs. Sedley

Christopher Gillett

Christopher GillettRev. Horace Adams

George von Bergen

George von BergenNed Keene

Stephen Richardson

Stephen RichardsonHobson

Francesco Malvuccio

Francesco MalvuccioBoy

Ida Falk Winland

Ida Falk WinlandNiece