Peter Grimes

Item

Record ID

1056

Identifier

90677

Genre

Opera

Work Title

Peter Grimes

Uniform Title

Peter Grimes

Program/Series Title

Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD ; Great performances at the Met

Composer

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Text Author

Slater, Montagu (after the poem by George Crabbe)

Production Year

2008

Transmission/Release Date

2008-03-15 (Theater transmission) ; 2008-05-15 (PBS)

Transmission/Release Year

2008

Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform

Theater transmission / PBS

Home Video - DVD

EMI

Conductor/Music Director

Runnicles, Donald

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera

Chorus/Choir

Metropolitan Opera

Soloists

Dean Peterson (Hobson) ; John Del Carlo (Swallow) ; Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes) ; Felicity Palmer (Mrs. Sedley) ; Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford) ; Timothy Breese Miller (Fisherman) ; Jill Grove (Auntie) ; Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles) ; Anthony Michaels-Moore (Balstrode) ; Lynn Taylor ; Mary Hughes (Fisherwomen) ; Bernard Fitch (Rev. Adams) ; Leah Partridge ; Erin Morley (Nieces) ; Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Ned Keene) ; Daniel Clark Smith (Lawyer) ; Logan William Erickson (Boy)

Participants

Natalie Dessay (host/interviewer)

TV/Film Director

Halvorson, Gary

Stage Director

Doyle, John (production)

Sets

Pask, Scott

Costumes

Hould-Ward, Ann

Production Company

Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.

Producer

Bongiovanni, Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers) ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)

Executive Producer

Gelb, Peter

Technical Information

HDTV

Other Information

Features: First intermission Dessay interviews Anthony Dean Griffey and Patricia Racette. Live segment from Aldeburgh in front of theater showing opera transmission, and pre-produced segment on area and Britten museum. Dessay interviews Chorus Master Donald Palumbo, and Costume Designer Ann Hould-Ward. Second intermission: Dessay interviews Production Director John Doyle, Set Designer Scott Pask, and Conductor Donald Runnicles. Promos for upcoming transmissions are shown. Francis Rizzo (Met Titles). Features for ca. 150' PBS release same with exception of promos.

Duration

ca. 210'

Company

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)

Sourcemat

DLACT- 177