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Peter Grimes-29 January 1958 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Rafael Kubelik
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Hobson
the village carrier 		David Kelly
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate 		Owen Brannigan
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Peter Pears
Ned Keene
the apothocary 		Geraint Evans
The Rector John Lanigan
Bob Boles
a methodist fisherman 		Raymond Nilsson
Auntie
Landlady of 'The Boar' 		Jean Watson
Her Niece Joan Carlyle
Her Niece Iris Kells
Mrs. Sedley
a widow 		Lauris Elms
Ellen Orford
the Borough Schoolmistress 		Sylvia Fisher
Captain Balstrode
a retired sea captain 		James Pease
Dr. Thorp Leonard Law
The Boy
Peter Grimes' new apprentice 		Arthur Mackenzie
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 29 January 1958 (in Royal Opera House Collections)