This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century operas. The story of the individualistic fisherman hounded by his neighbors who believe he murdered his young apprentice packs tremendous emotional power. The compelling narrative is richly enhanced by its subtexts: the lone outsider versus the conformist mob; the dreamer of improbable dreams that lead to tragedy; the artist (dreamer) versus the Philistines, and the homosexual overtones of Grimes' abuse of his child apprentices. Britten is conductor of his work and tenor Peter Pears is Grimes, 25 years after he created the title role at the opera's premiere. As the widow Ellen Orford, soprano Heather Harper is magnificent. Best of all, the sea is an ever-present actor here. When we don't see it in the background it exerts its presence in the abundant visual references to nets, barrels, and other paraphernalia of a seaside fishing village.
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Peter Grimes
1969 BBC studio film of Benjamin Britten's opera. Includes subtitles in English. Can upload other languages (Fr Ger Spa) if requested.
Peter Grimes - Peter Pears
Act 3 scene 2 of Peter Grimes with Peter Pears in the title role. This 1969 BBC film version of the opera also features Heather Harper as Ellen Orford and Bryan ...
Peter Grimes - Jon Vickers
Act 3 scene 2 of Peter Grimes with Jon Vickers in the title role. This 1981 Covent Garden Production also features Heather Harper as Ellen Orford and Norman ...
Preview: Peter Grimes
"I hear those voices that will not be drowned" It is 1912 in Walberswick and a young boy has drowned at sea. Peter Grimes is to blame or so his fishing village ...
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