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Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976, composer, composer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Live sound recordings--New York (State)--New York.
- Live sound recordings.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 30 min., 43 sec.))
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1967]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- audio file
- streaming audio file
- Summary:
- Britten's Peter Grimes is one of the few operas from the mid-20th century to have found a solid place in the international mainstream repertoire. While the work first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1948, it was not until 1967 that it became a favorite of Met audiences. The run marked the role debut of Canadian tenor John Vickers as Grimes--his first in a career of riveting performances as the unstable title character--singing with a specific intensity that lent the opera added dramatic dimensions. Colin Davis conducts this performance of Peter Grimes from February 11, 1967, which features versatile American soprano Lucine Amara as the compassionate Ellen Orford and Welsh bass-baritone Geraint Evans as Captain Balstrode. The Met's impressive roster of comprimario artists also shines in the teeming cast of Peter Grimes.
- Contents:
- Prologue. Peter Grimes! ; Peter Grimes, I here advise you! ; The truth/The pity ; Interlude I
- Oh hang at open doors the net, the cork
- Hi! Give us a hand!
- Grimes, you won't need help from now
- Let her among you without fault cast the first stone
- Look, the storm cone!
- And do you prefer the storm
- Picture what that day was like
- What harbor shelters peace
- Interlude II
- Past time to close!
- We live and let live
- Have you heard?
- Now the Great Bear and Pleiades
- Old Joe has gone fishing
- The bridge is down
- Interlude III
- Glitter of waves
- A bruise ... well, it's begun!
- This unrelenting work
- Fool, to let it come to this!
- We planned that their lives should have a new start
- Now is gossip put on trial
- From the gutter
- Interlude IV, Passacaglia
- Go there!
- In dreams I've built myself some kindlier home
- Now! Now!
- Peter Grimes! Nobody here?
- Interlude V
- Assign your prettiness to me
- Pah!
- Come along, Doctor!
- Embroidery in childhood
- Mr. Swallow!
- Who holds himself apart
- Interlude VI
- Grimes!
- Steady! There you are!
- Peter, we've come to take you home
- To those who pass, the Borough sounds betray.
- Participant:
- Lucine Amara, Jon Vickers, Geraint Evans ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Colin Davis, conductor.
- Notes:
- Recorded live 1967 The Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
- Duration: 2 hr., 30 min., 43 sec.
- Vendor-supplied metadata.
- OCLC:
- 1018379537
- Publisher Number:
- USY3P1601512
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- USY3P1601554
- 811357018279
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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