Britten: Peter Grimes

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

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

Christopher Gillett

Rev. Horace Adams

George von Bergen

Ned Keene

Stephen Richardson

Hobson

Francesco Malvuccio

Boy

Ida Falk Winland

Niece