Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Peter Grimes (1945)

Opera in three acts and a prologue


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1945 - feb 1945
    • Duration: 2 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
    • Opus: 33
    • Dedication: 'for the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky'
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Montagu Slater, d’après un poème de George Crabbe

Detailed formation
  • soloists: 3 solo sopranos, 1 solo mezzo-soprano, 1 solo contralto, 3 solo tenors, 2 solo baritones, 2 solo bass voices
  • mixed choir
  • 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets [aussi sur scène] , 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists [1 aussi sur scène] , 1 timpani, 1 harp, 1 celesta, 1 organ, 1 piano [ad lib., sur scène] , strings, 1 violin [sur scène] , 1 double bass [sur scène]

Premiere information

  • Date: 7 June 1945
    Location:

    Londres, Sadler's Wells Theatre


    Performers:

    The Sadler's Wells Opera Company, direction : Reginald Goodall. Producteur : Eric Crozier, décor : Kenneth Green.

Observations

  • Rôles principaux : soprano, contralto, ténor, baryton
  • Rôles secondaires : 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 ténors, 2 barytons, 2 basses