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Peter Grimes-6 July 2004 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Antonio Pappano
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Hobson
the town carrier and constable 		Jonathan Veira
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate, mayor of the Borough 		Matthew Best
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Ben Heppner
Ned Keene
apothecary and quack 		Quentin Hayes
The Rector
The Reverend Horace Adams 		Brian Galliford
Bob Boles
a fisherman 		Ian Caley
Auntie
landlady of 'The Boar' 		Anne Collins
First Niece
main attraction of 'The Boar' 		Ailish Tynan
Second Niece
main attraction of 'The Boar' 		Helen Williams
Mrs Sedley
a rentier widow of an East India Company factor 		Sarah Walker
Ellen Orford
a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough 		Janice Watson
Captain Balstrode
a retired merchant sea captain 		Alan Opie
Doctor Crabbe Basil Patton
Boy (John)
Peter Grimes's new apprentice 		Alexander Maxwell
Townspeople and fisherfolk of the Borough The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from Stagecoach
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Sponsor: Alan Carr (Ailish Tynan's role as First Niece) ; Mrs Alan Carr (Ailish Tynan's role as First Niece)
Language: English
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Signed by: Wendy Ebsworth
Durations: Act I: 7.34-8.29pm, Acts II and III: 9.04-10.33pm
Radio - future relay : BBC Radio 3; 10 July 2004
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 6 July 2004 (in Royal Opera House Collections)