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Peter Grimes-17 November 1960 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Meredith Davies
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Hobson
the village carrier 		David Kelly
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate 		Forbes Robinson
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Peter Pears
Ned Keene
the apothecary 		Ronald Lewis
The Rector John Lanigan
Bob Boles
a methodist fisherman 		Edgar Evans
Auntie
Landlady of 'The Boar' 		Edith Coates
Her Niece Jenifer Eddy
Her Niece Jeannette Sinclair
Mrs. Sedley
a widow 		Josephine Veasey
Ellen Orford
the Borough Schoolmistress 		Claire Watson
Captain Balstrode
a retired sea captain 		James Pease
Dr. Thorp Leonard Law
The Boy
Peter Grimes' new apprentice 		Peter Mills
The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Children from St Martin-in-the-Fields Secondary School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.25pm, Act II: 8.44-9.32pm, Act III: 9.51-10.29pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 November 1960 (in Royal Opera House Collections)