by Benjamin Britten · POLYGRAM CLASSICS · CD · EAN 0028943257824
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«Peter Grimes» is Benjamin Britten's opera, released in 1991 by PolyGram Classics on CD (2 discs).
Opera in three acts portraying the drama of an outcast fisherman in an English coastal community, caught between the harshness of his trade and the hostility of his neighbours. The score alternates passages of great orchestral intensity with choral scenes that reflect the weight of society on the individual. Libretto in English by Montagu Slater, inspired by the poem The Borough by George Crabbe.
1991 recording conducted by Sir Colin Davis; Jon Vickers as Peter Grimes, with Heather Harper and Jonathan Summers and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Remastered edition on 2 CDs.
