Peter Grimes [videorecording] / by Benjamin Britten ; producer, Elijah Moshinsky ; libretto by Montagu Slater ; produced by BBC TV in association with NVC Arts ; directed by John Vernon.
Opera in a prolog and three acts; libretto by Montagu Slater, after the poem by George Crabbe. Jon Vickers (Peter Grimes) ; Heather Harper (Ellen Orford) ; Norman Bailey (Captain Balstrode) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House ; Colin Davis, conductor. Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on June 30, 1981. Produced by BBC Television in association with NVC Arts. Aspect ratio: 4:3.
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