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Fri 24 Aug 2012

• 17:15

  Proms Plus Intro

  Royal College of Music

  Musicians from ENO provide an illustrated guide to Britten’s first operatic masterpiece. Andrew McGregor presents.

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• 19:00

  Prom 55: Britten – Peter Grimes

  Royal Albert Hall

  Britten’s Peter Grimes, based in a Suffolk fishing village, transformed British opera. Edward Gardner conducts his ENO forces.

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  Britten’s Peter Grimes, based in a Suffolk fishing village, transformed British opera. Edward Gardner conducts his ENO forces.

  Programme

  • • • Benjamin Britten
      • Peter Grimes(150 mins)concert performance

  Performers

  • Stuart Skelton

    tenor (Peter Grimes)
    tenor (Peter Grimes)
  • Amanda Roocroft

    soprano (Ellen Orford)
    soprano (Ellen Orford)
  • Iain Paterson

    bass-baritone (Captain Balstrode)
    bass-baritone (Captain Balstrode)
  • Rebecca de Pont Davies

    mezzo-soprano (Auntie)
    mezzo-soprano (Auntie)
  • Matthew Best

    baritone (Swallow)
    baritone (Swallow)
  • Leigh Melrose

    baritone (Ned Keene)
    baritone (Ned Keene)
  • Michael Colvin

    tenor (Bob Boles)
    tenor (Bob Boles)
  • Dame Felicity Palmer

    mezzo-soprano (Mrs Sedley)
    mezzo-soprano (Mrs Sedley)
  • Gillian Ramm

    soprano (First Niece)
    soprano (First Niece)
  • Mairéad Buicke

    soprano (Second Niece)
    soprano (Second Niece)
  • Darren Jeffery

    bass-baritone (Hobson)
    bass-baritone (Hobson)
  • Stuart Kale

    tenor (Rev Horace Adams)
    tenor (Rev Horace Adams)
  • English National Opera Orchestra
  • Edward Gardner

    conductor
    conductor

  Composers

  • Benjamin Britten

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