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Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Montagu Slater ; a production for television from Snape Maltings staged by Joan Cross.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 1097
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Series:
- Britten-Pears Collection
- The Britten-Pears collection
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (2 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Decca, 2008.
- Language Note:
- Sung in English; with optional subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital enhanced mono.; LPCM mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- LPCM
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Fisherman Peter Grimes is ostracized following the death of his apprentice. Despite the friendship of the schoolteacher Ellen Orford, Grimes is pursued by the village, finally descending into madness and inevitable tragedy"--Container.
- Participant:
- Peter Pears (Peter Grimes) ; Heather Harper (Ellen Orford) ; Bryan Drake (Captain Balstrode) ; Elizabeth Bainbridge (Auntie) ; Ann Robson (Mrs. Sedley) ; Owen Brannigan (Swallow) ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; the composer conducting.
- Credits:
- Producer, John Culshaw ; director, Brian Large.
- Notes:
- Film adaptation of Britten's opera.
- Title from container.
- Recorded at Snape Maltings, Feb. 24-28, 1969; first broadcast on BBC Two, Nov. 2, 1969.
- Program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (27 p.) inserted in container.
- OCLC:
- 236486192
- Publisher Number:
- 044007432617
- 074 3261 Decca
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