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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:opera
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gptkbp:basedOn
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gptkb:George_Crabbe
gptkb:The_Borough_(poem)
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gptkbp:composer
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gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
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gptkbp:duration
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about 2 hours 30 minutes
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gptkbp:firstPerformed
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gptkb:Reginald_Goodall
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gptkbp:genre
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gptkb:opera
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http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Peter Grimes (opera)
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:librettist
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gptkb:Montagu_Slater
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
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gptkb:Peter_Grimes
gptkb:Balstrode
gptkb:Ellen_Orford
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gptkbp:notableAria
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gptkb:What_Harbour_Can_Embrace_Terrible_Fates
Now the Great Bear and Pleiades
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gptkbp:notableOrchestralExcerpt
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gptkb:Four_Sea_Interludes
gptkb:Passacaglia
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gptkbp:notableProduction
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gptkb:Covent_Garden,_1953
gptkb:Aldeburgh_Festival,_1967
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1948
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gptkbp:notableRecording
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Chandos, 1992, conducted by Richard Hickox
Decca, 1958, conducted by Benjamin Britten
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gptkbp:numberOfActs
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3
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gptkbp:premiereDate
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7 June 1945
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gptkbp:premiereLocation
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gptkb:Sadler's_Wells,_London
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gptkbp:publisher
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gptkb:Faber_Music
gptkb:Boosey_&_Hawkes
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gptkbp:setting
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A fishing village on the east coast of England
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gptkbp:significance
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first major opera by Britten
revitalized English opera
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:tragedy
gptkb:marina
ostracism
English coast
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Phyllida_Lloyd
gptkb:Scallop_sculpture
gptkb:The_Borough_(poem)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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