Britten, Benjamin: Peter Grimes op. 33 (1945) 147'

Opera in three acts and a prologue

Music Text      English

Orchesterbesetzung
Major roles: S,A,T,Bar; minor roles: 2S,M,2T,Bar,2B,2mimes; chorus 2(=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=Ebcl).2.dbn-4.2.Dtpt.3.1-timp.perc(2):SD/TD/ BD/tamb/tgl/cyms/gong/whip/xyl/rattle-cel-harp-strings Off-stage:organ-bells-tuba* Dance band on-stage*:2cl-perc:cym/SD/BD-pft(ad lib)-vln.db (*taken from the orchestra)


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World Premiere
6/7/1945
Sadler's Wells, London
Eric Crozier, director / Sadler's Wells Opera / Reginald Goodall


Rezeption      English

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