Britten: Peter Grimes

The Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for "Peter Grimes" at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten's operas on the lyric stages of Italy. A top British cast was marshaled by the baton of Robin Ticciati. Richard Jones's production focuses on the fisherman as the outside in a brutal and brutalized 1980s society, cut off by mutual suspicion and misunderstanding: an unforgettable production of a 20th-century operatic masterpiece that never loses its power. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

• Richard JonesDirector
• Patrizia CarmineDirector

• John Graham-HallPeter Grimes
• Susan GrittonEllen Orford
• Christopher PurvesCaptain Balstrode
• Felicity PalmerAuntie
• Peter HoareBob Boles
• Daniel OkulitchSwallow
• Catherine Wyn-RogersMrs. Sedley
• Christopher GillettRev. Horace Adams
• George von BergenNed Keene
• Stephen RichardsonHobson
• Francesco MalvuccioBoy
• Ida Falk WinlandNiece