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Peter Grimes-16 October 1989 Matinee 1.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Schools' matinee
Conductor Roger Norrington
Cast
Hobson
the town carrier and constable 		Roderick Earle
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate, mayor of the Borough 		Eric Garrett
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Philip Langridge
Ned Keene
the apothecary and quack 		Anthony Michaels-Moore
The Rector
Rev Horace Adams 		John Dobson
Bob Boles
a fisherman 		Stuart Kale
Auntie
landlady of The Boar Inn 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Her Niece
one of the main attractions of The Boar Inn 		Judith Howarth
Her Niece
one of the main attractions of The Boar Inn 		Gillian Webster
Mrs Sedley
a rentier widow of an East India Company factor 		Sarah Walker
Ellen Orford
a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough 		Felicity Lott
Captain Balstrode
a retired merchant skipper 		Donald McIntyre
Dr Crabbe Ignatius McFadyen
Boy (John)
Peter Grimes's new apprentice 		Paul Walsh
Townspeople and Fisherfolk of the Borough The Royal Opera Chorus
Actors
Clog Dancer Tom Cronin
Children from St Thomas of Canterbury R.C. Middle School (Mitcham)
Students from Wimbledon College
Orchestra
Language: English
Durations: Prologue and Act I: 1.01-1.58pm, Act II: 2.28-3.13pm, Act III: 3.36-4.15pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 October 1989 (in Royal Opera House Collections)