AROP evening — Opera
© Patrick Taberna / Agence VU'
Peter Grimes
07 Feb. 2023
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- 3h25 with 2 intermissions
- Palais Garnier
- Cocktail attire
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes - Deborah Warner
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Conductor
Alexander Soddy
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Music
Benjamin Britten
(1913 - 1976) -
Libretto
Montagu Slater
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Director
Deborah Warner
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Set design
Michael Levine
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Costume design
Luis F. Carvalho
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Lighting design
Peter Mumford
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Video
Justin Nardella
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Contributor to the movements
Kim Brandstrup
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Chorus master
Ching-Lien Wu
When Benjamin Britten produced his first opera, Peter Grimes, for the reopening of Sadler’s Wells in London in 1945, its success was both immediate and resounding. Drawing inspiration from a poem by George Crabbe, the British composer did more than simply set to music the text by his compatriot: this work signalled a renaissance in English opera, which had all but disappeared since the death of Purcell. Whilst Britten’s superb orchestral interludes and accomplished lyricism confer upon the work a classical quality, its subject is thoroughly disturbing. Who is this Suffolk fisherman, Peter Grimes, whose apprentice drowns at sea; the butt of the villagers’ hostility? A murderer or an innocent man? A child‑killer or the victim of prejudice? An anti‑hero or a poet? These are some of the questions that make this character one of the most fascinating in the operatic repertoire. Invited to the Paris Opera for the first time and a fine connoisseur of Britten, Deborah Warner preserves all the mystery of this complex work, whilst emphasising the conflict between the group and the individual – a particularly burning issue.
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris
Coproduction avec le Teatro Real, Madrid, le Royal Opera House covent garden, Londres et le teatro dell'opera, Rome
Broadcast on February 25 at 8 pm on France Musique, as part of the program "Samedi à l'Opéra", presented by Judith Chaine.
Peter Grimes
Peter Grimes - Deborah Warner
Peter Grimes
Allan Clayton
Ellen Orford
Maria Bengtsson
Captain Balstrode
Simon Keenlyside
Auntie
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
First Niece
Anna-Sophie Neher
Second Niece
Ilanah Lobel-Torres
Bob Boles
John Graham-Hall
Swallow
Clive Bayley
Mrs. Sedley
Rosie Aldridge
Reverend Horace Adams
James Gilchrist
Ned Keene
Jacques Imbrailo
Hobson
Stephen Richardson
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19:30
First part
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20:25
Intermission cocktail
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20:55
Second part
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21:45
Intermission cocktail
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22:15
Third part
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22:50
Supper
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22:55
End of the performance
Peter Grimes (saison 22/23) - Ensembles
1 podcast
[EXTRAIT] PETER GRIMES by Benjamin Britten (Acte I, scène 1)
1 video
[EXTRAIT] PETER GRIMES by Benjamin Britten (Allan Clayton - Peter Grimes, Acte I scène 2)
1 video
[EXTRAIT] PETER GRIMES by Benjamin Britten (Acte II - scène 1)
1 video
[INTERVIEW] Deborah Warner about PETER GRIMES
1 video