Peter Grimes (1945)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Peter_Grimes_(1945)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:George_Crabbe gptkb:The_Borough_(poem)
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Sadler's_Wells_Opera
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:duration	about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed	gptkb:Reginald_Goodall
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Peter Grimes (1945)
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Montagu_Slater
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Peter_Grimes
gptkbp:notableAria	Now the Great Bear and Pleiades Embroidery in childhood
gptkbp:notableInterlude	gptkb:Four_Sea_Interludes gptkb:Passacaglia
gptkbp:notablePerformer	gptkb:Peter_Pears gptkb:Joan_Cross
gptkbp:notableRecording	Chandos, 1992, conducted by Richard Hickox Decca, 1958, conducted by Benjamin Britten
gptkbp:numberOfActs	3
gptkbp:originalLanguage	English
gptkbp:premiereDate	7 June 1945
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Sadler's_Wells,_London
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Boosey_&_Hawkes
gptkbp:setting	a fishing village on the east coast of England
gptkbp:subject	fisherman tragedy social ostracism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ned_Keene
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6