Peter Grimes / Britten ; production by John Doyle ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.
Publisher:
EMI Classics,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
2 videodiscs (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Live from the Met. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005070424
Notes:
Opera in a prologue and three acts; text by Montagu Slater, after the poem The borough by George Crabbe. Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes) ; Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford) ; Anthony Michaels-Moore Captain Balstrode) ; Dean Peterson (Hobson) ; John Del Carlo (Swallow) ; Felicity Palmer (Mrs. Sedley) ; Jill Grove (Auntie) ; Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles) ; Bernard Fitch (Rev. Horace Adams) ; Leah Partridge, Erin Morley (Two nieces) ; Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Ned Keene) ; Logan William Erickson (Boy (John)) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Donald Runnicles, conductor ; Natalie Dessay, host. Recorded live from the Met, 15 March 2008. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. Booklet with program notes by Thomas May and synopsis in English (9 pages) inserted in container. Bonus: Backstage at the Met: Natalie Dessay interviews Patricia Racette, Anthony Dean Griffey, Donald Runnicles, Donald Palumbo, John Doyle, Scott Pask and Ann Hould-Ward; Britten and Peter Grimes in Aldeburg: BBC reporter Alex Dunlop in Aldeburg.
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