PETER GRIMES Warsaw 2023 Peter Wedd, Cornelia Beskow, Krzysztof Szumański
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Peter Grimes
- Composer: Britten Benjamin
- Libretto: Montagu Slater Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, Poland, Polish National Opera
- Recorded: June 27, 2023
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Peter Wedd, Cornelia Beskow, Krzysztof Szumański, Wanda Franek, Aleksandra Łaska, Maria Stasiak, Mateusz Zajdel, Dariusz Machej, Jadwiga Postrożna, Aleksander Kunach, Szymon Komasa, Lukas Jakobski
- Conductor: Michał Klauza
- Orchestra: Polish National Opera Orchestra
- Chorus: Polish National Opera Chorus
- Chorus Master: Mirosław Janowski
- Choreographer: Jacek Przybyłowicz
Information about the Recording
- Published by: OperaVision
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs, othersubs
- Video Recording from: MOT AVAILABLE FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Peter Grimes, Op. 33, is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Montagu Slater based on the section “Peter Grimes”, in George Crabbe’s long narrative poem The Borough. The “borough” of the opera is a fictional small town that bears some resemblance to Crabbe’s – and later Britten’s – home of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on England’s east coast.
The work was conceived while Britten was living in the US in the early years of the Second World War and completed when he returned to Britain in 1943. It was first performed at Sadler’s Wells in London on 7 June 1945, conducted by Reginald Goodall, and was a critical and popular success. It is still widely performed, both in Britain and internationally, and has become part of the standard repertoire. Among the tenors who have performed the title role in the opera house, or on record, or both are Britten’s partner Peter Pears, who sang the part at the premiere, and Allan Clayton, Ben Heppner, Jonas Kaufmann, Philip Langridge, Stuart Skelton, Set Svanholm and Jon Vickers.
Four Sea Interludes, consisting of purely orchestral music from the opera, were published separately and are frequently performed as an orchestral suite. Another interlude, a passacaglia, was published separately and is also often performed, either together with the Sea Interludes or by itself.