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Peter Grimes
Palais Garnier - from 23 January to 24 February 2023
Sales open on 20 September 2022 at 12h00
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Peter Grimes
Opera Benjamin Britten
Sales open on 20 September 2022 at 12h00
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Palais Garnier - from 23 January to 24 February 2023
3h40 with 2 intervals
Language : English
Surtitle : French / English
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Pre‑opening for the young : 23 Jan. 2023
Opening night : 26 Jan. 2023
About
In few words:
When Benjamin Britten produced his first opera, Peter Grimes, for the reopening of Sadler’s Wells in London in 1945, its success was both immediate and resounding. Drawing inspiration from a poem by George Crabbe, the British composer did more than simply set to music the text by his compatriot: this work signalled a renaissance in English opera, which had all but disappeared since the death of Purcell. Whilst Britten’s superb orchestral interludes and accomplished lyricism confer upon the work a classical quality, its subject is thoroughly disturbing. Who is this Suffolk fisherman, Peter Grimes, whose apprentice drowns at sea; the butt of the villagers’ hostility? A murderer or an innocent man? A child‑killer or the victim of prejudice? An anti‑hero or a poet? These are some of the questions that make this character one of the most fascinating in the operatic repertoire. Invited to the Paris Opera for the first time and a fine connoisseur of Britten, Deborah Warner preserves all the mystery of this complex work, whilst emphasising the conflict between the group and the individual – a particularly burning issue.
- Opening
- First part 55 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Second part 50 mn
- Intermission 20 mn
- Third part 40 mn
- End
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Peter Grimes
Opera in one prologue and three acts (1945)
After George Crabbe
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Music :
Benjamin Britten - (1913 - 1976)
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Libretto :
Montagu Slater
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Conductor :
Joana Mallwitz
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Chorus master :
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Director :
Deborah Warner
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Set design :
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Costume design :
Luis F. Carvalho
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Lighting design :
Peter Mumford
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Video :
Will Duke
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Choreography :
Kim Brandstrup
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Peter Grimes :
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Allan Clayton
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Ellen Orford :
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Captain Balstrode :
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Auntie :
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First Niece :
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Second Niece :
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Bob Boles :
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Swallow :
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Mrs. Sedley :
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Rosie Aldridge
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Reverend Horace Adams :
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James Gilchrist
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Ned Keene :
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Hobson :
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Stephen Richardson
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