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