Peter Grimes / BBC production ; Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Montagu Slater ; a production for television from Snape Maltings, staged by Joan Cross ; producer, John Culshaw ; director, Brian Large.
Publisher:
Decca,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
1 videodisc (2 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
An opera in a prologue and three acts. Film adaptation of Britten's opera. 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. Recorded at Snape Maltings, Feb. 24-28, 1969; first broadcast on BBC Two, Nov. 2, 1969. Picture format 4:3, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (27 pages) inserted in container.
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