Peter Grimes

from Benjamin Britten


Libretto

Montague Slater
after George Crabbe

Premiere

7 June 1945, London (Sadler's Wells)

Cast

PETER GRIMES (tenor)
BOY (JOHN) (silent)
ELLEN ORFORD (soprano)
CAPTAIN BALSTRODE (baritone)
AUNTIE (contralto)
NIECE 1 (soprano)
NIECE 2 )soprano)
BOB BOLES (tenor)
SWALLOW (bass)
MRS SEDLEY (mezzo-soprano)
REVD HORACE ADAMS (tenor)
NED KEENE (baritone)
HOBSON (bass)
DR CRABBE (silent)

CHORUS
townspeople and fisherfolk

Place

Time

around 1830

Composer

Britten, Benjamin