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Peter Grimes-5 March 1984 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Acting Chorus Master Nina Walker
Leader John Brown
Cast
Hobson
the town carrier and constable 		John Tomlinson
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate, mayor of 'the Borough' 		Eric Garrett
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Jon Vickers
Ned Keene
the apothecary and quack 		Russell Smythe
The Rector
Rev Horace Adams 		Kim Begley
Bob Boles
a fisherman 		John Dobson
Auntie
landlady of The Boar Inn 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Her Niece
one of the main attractions of The Boar 		Catherine Benson
Her Niece
one of the main attractions of The Boar 		Meryl Drower
Mrs Sedley
a rentier widow of an East India Company factor 		Alfreda Hodgson
Ellen Orford
a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough 		Heather Harper
Captain Balstrode
a retired merchant skipper 		Jonathan Summers
Dr Crabbe Ignatius McFadyen
Boy (John)
Peter Grimes' new apprentice 		Massimo Mezzofanti
Townspeople and Fisherfolk of the Borough The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Eastcourt Independent School
Children from Finchley Catholic High School
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.31-8.30pm, Act II: 8.56-9.47pm, Act III: 10.09-10.51pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 5 March 1984 (in Royal Opera House Collections)