Britten: Peter Grimes (2012)
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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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. Britten: Peter Grimes is a Music movie, released on 2012-05-01, runtime 154 minutes.
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Directed by
Richard Jones, Patrizia Carmine
Cast
- John Graham-Hall as Peter Grimes
- Susan Gritton as Ellen Orford
- Christopher Purves as Captain Balstrode
- Felicity Palmer as Auntie
- Peter Hoare as Bob Boles
- Daniel Okulitch as Swallow
- Catherine Wyn-Rogers as Mrs. Sedley
- Christopher Gillett as Rev. Horace Adams
- George von Bergen as Ned Keene
- Stephen Richardson as Hobson
- Francesco Malvuccio as Boy
- Ida Falk Winland as Niece
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