Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (1945)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Benjamin_Britten's_Peter_Grimes_(1945)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:The_Borough_by_George_Crabbe
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:firstMajorSuccessFor gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (1945)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Montagu_Slater
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Peter_Grimes
gptkb:Balstrode
gptkb:Ellen_Orford
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Embroidery_Aria
Now the Great Bear and Pleiades
gptkbp:notableChorus Old Joe has gone fishing
Who holds himself apart
gptkbp:notableFeature includes famous orchestral interludes depicting the sea
gptkbp:notableRecording Chandos, 1992, conducted by Richard Hickox
Decca, 1958, conducted by Benjamin Britten
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration full orchestra with prominent percussion and brass
gptkbp:premiereDate 1945-06-07
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Sadler's_Wells_Theatre,_London
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Boosey_&_Hawkes
gptkbp:setting a fishing village on the east coast of England
gptkbp:significance considered one of the most important British operas of the 20th century
gptkbp:subject ostracism and tragedy in a small community
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Opera_House_(London)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5