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This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century operas. The story of the individualistic fisherman hounded by his neighbors who believe he murdered his young apprentice packs tremendous emotional power. The compelling narrative is richly enhanced by its subtexts: the lone outsider versus the conformist mob; the dreamer of improbable dreams that lead to tragedy; the artist (dreamer) versus the Philistines, and the homosexual overtones of Grimes' abuse of his child apprentices. Britten is conductor of his work and tenor Peter Pears is Grimes, 25 years after he created the title role at the opera's premiere. As the widow Ellen Orford, soprano Heather Harper is magnificent. Best of all, the sea is an ever-present actor here. When we don't see it in the background it exerts its presence in the abundant visual references to nets, barrels, and other paraphernalia of a seaside fishing village.
Year: 1969
Genre: Music
Studio: BBC
Director: Brian Large
Cast: Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Bryan Drake, Elizabeth Bainbridge
Crew: John Culshaw (Producer), David Myerscough-Jones (Production Design), Brian Large (Director), Benjamin Britten (Conductor), Benjamin Britten (Music Score Producer), Montagu Slater (Writer)
Runtime: 142 minutes
Release: Nov 02, 1969
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Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : opera
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