Opera

Peter Grimes

Benjamin Britten

08 Apr, 21 - 11 May, 21

Musical conductor: Ivor Bolton | Stage director: Deborah Warner | Titular Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real

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08 Apr 21

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11 May 21

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If there exists a before and after in British opera, then this is measured from the opening of Peter Grimes at Sadler’s Wells in London in June 1945. Greeted as the most important English opera since the time(s) of Henry Purcell, the success of the work was decisive in the evolution of Britten’s operatic talent and consolidating his as the composer who was to become an undisputed reference point of the 20th century. Based on a poem published in 1810 with more ethnographic than dramatic focus, Britten constructed a sombre parable about the conflict between the masses and the individual. The maritime atmosphere, the crudity of people’s lives and passions, and the complex, impenetrable personality of the protagonist come together in a tragedy which ferments and explodes in the din of silence and hearsay. A tragedy which is immediately forgotten gives way to the self-righteousness of everyday lives and the movement of the sea itself. After the recent success of Billy Budd, opera and theatre director Deborah Warner returns to the Teatro Real to premiere this coproduction between the Royal Opera House Covent Garden of London, the Opéra National de Paris (or the Paris Opera) and the Teatro dell'Opera of Rome.

Opera in a prologue, three acts and an epilogue

Music by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Libretto by Montagu Slater, based on a poem from the collection The Borough (1810) by George Crabbe

Premiered at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre of London on the 7th of June, 1945
Premiered at the Teatro Real on the 15th of November, 1997

New production of the Teatro Real, in co-production with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden of London, the Opéra national of Paris and the Teatro dell’Opera of Rome

Titular Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real
(Coro Intermezzo / Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid)

Artistic team

Conductor | Ivor Bolton

Stage Director | Deborah Warner

Set Designer | Michael Levine

Light Designer | Peter Mumford

Choreographer | Kim Brandstrup

Chorus Master | Andrés Máspero

Video | Will Duke

Figurine | Luis Carvalho

Cast

Peter Grimes I Allan Clayton

Ellen Orford I Maria Bengtsson

Cap. Balstrode I Christopher Purves

Auntie I Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Bob Boles I John Graham Hall

Swallow I Clive Bayley

Mrs. Sedley I Rosie Aldridge

Rev. Horace Adams I James Gilchrist

Ned Keene I Jacques Imbrailo

Hobson I Stephen Richardson

First Niece I Rocío Pérez

Second Niece I Natalia Labourdette

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Artistic team

Musical conductor Ivor Bolton

Stage Director Deborah Warner

Escenografía Michael Levine

Iluminación Peter Mumford

Coreografía Kim Brandstrup

Chorus Conductor Andrés Máspero

Creación videográfica Will Duke

Figurinista Luis Carvalho

Cast

Peter Grimes Allan Clayton

Ellen Orford Maria Bengtsson

Capitán Balstrode Christopher Purves

Auntie Catherine Wyn-Rogers

Bob Boles John Graham-Hall

Swallow Clive Bayley

Mrs. Sedley Rosie Aldridge

Rev. Horace Adams James Gilchrist

Ned Keene Jacques Imbrailo

Hobson Stephen Richardson

Sobrina 1 Rocío Pérez Rodríguez

Sobrina 2 Natalia Labourdette

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2020

11 December

2020

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15 December

2020

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