Peter Grimes
– The best Peter Grimes I’ve ever seen. The Spectator on Peter Grimes at Edinburgh International Festival
Bergen National Opera and Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra collaborate to present a concert performance of Benjamin Britten's great opera Peter Grimes.
OPERA REVOLUTION
Benjamin Britten's opera created a theatrical and musical revolution in England's music - an opera which combined great sweeping orchestral writing with brilliant storytelling and searing vocal lines. Bergen National Opera collaborates with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra to present a concert performance of Peter Grimes with Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra's music director Edward Gardner conducting and a spectacular cast of Britten specialist soloists led by great Australian tenor Stuart Skelton.
– A highlight of this year’s Edinburgh International Festival. The Guardian
– Another glorious triumph. The Scotsman
– The best Peter Grimes I’ve ever seen. The Spectator
Benjamin Britten / Music
Montagu Slater, from a poem by George Crabbe / Libretto
Edward Gardner / Conductor
Vera Rostin Wexelsen / Stage director
Håkon Matti Skrede / Choirmaster
Stuart Skelton / Peter Grimes
Erin Wall / Ellen Orford
Roderick Williams / Captain Balstrode
Susan Bickley / Auntie
Hanna Husáhr, Vibeke Kristensen / Two nieces
Robert Murray / Bob Boles
Neal Davies / Swallow
Catherine Wyn-Rogers / Mrs Sedley
James Gilchrist / Reverend Horace Adams
Marcus Farnsworth / Ned Keene
Barnaby Rea / Hobson
Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
Edvard Grieg Kor
Bergen Filharmoniske Kor
Collegium Musicum Kor
Students from the Royal Northern College of Music
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The opera about the village animal
With his first opera Peter Grimes the young Benjamin Britten achieved instant international fame, and with good reason. In addition to brilliant and distinctive music the drama encompasses a universally recognisable phenomenon: the individual against the world, the outsider against the ‘village animal’.
Contributors
![Edward Gardner](/imager/images/People/Otello/1186/Edward-Gardner_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Edward Gardner
Conductor
![Vera Rostin Wexelsen Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/4114/Vera-Rostin-Wexelsen-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Vera Rostin Wexelsen
Director
![Håkon Matti Skrede](/imager/images/People/Papirpose-Prinsesser/1805/HM_Skrede_nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Håkon Matti Skrede
Chorus Master
![Stuart Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1065/Stuart_nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Stuart Skelton
Peter Grimes
![Erin Wall Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/4119/erin-wall-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Erin Wall (1975 - 2020)
Ellen Orford
![Roderic Williams](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1064/Roderic_Williams_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Roderick Williams
Captain Balstrode
![Susan Bickley Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/4122/Susan-Bickley-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Susan Bickley
Auntie
![Hanna Husahr 3222](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1061/Hanna-Husahr_3222_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Hanna Husáhr
Niece 1
![Vibeke Kristensen Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/3876/Vibeke-Kristensen-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Vibeke Kristensen
Niece 2
![Robert Murray Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/4120/Robert-Murray-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Robert Murray
Bob Boles
![Neal Davies Bw Firkant Nett](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/4124/Neal_Davies-bw-firkant-nett_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Neal Davies
Swallow
![Catheryn Wyn Rogers](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1058/CatherynWynRogers_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Mrs. Sedley
![James Gilchrist](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1062/JamesGilchrist_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
James Gilchrist
Reverend Horace Adams
![Marcus Farnsworth](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1063/Marcus-Farnsworth_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Marcus Farnsworth
Ned Keene
![Barnaby Rea](/imager/images/People/Peter-Grimes/1057/Barnaby-Rea_b52aeff1da97c6da6d7956e791a586c1.jpg)
Barnaby Rea
Hobson
Selected dates
Grieghallen Play ended Play ended
Den Norske Opera Play ended Play ended
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