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Peter Grimes-27 June 2011 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 Andrew Davis
Chorus Director Renato Balsadonna
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Hobson
the town carrier and constable 		Stephen Richardson
Swallow
a lawyer and magistrate, mayor of the Borough 		Matthew Best
Peter Grimes
a fisherman 		Ben Heppner
Ned Keene
an apothecary and quack 		Roderick Williams
The Rector, Reverend Horace Adams Martyn Hill
Bob Boles
a fisherman 		Alan Oke
Auntie
landlady of The Boar Inn 		Catherine Wyn-Rogers
First 'Niece'
main attraction of The Boar Inn 		Katy Batho
Second 'Niece'
main attraction of The Boar Inn 		Anna Devin
Mrs Sedley
a rentier widow of an East India Company factor 		Jane Henschel
Ellen Orford
a widow, schoolmistress of the Borough 		Amanda Roocroft
Captain Balstrode
a retired merchant sea captain 		Jonathan Summers
Dr Crabbe Walter Hall
Boy (John)
Peter Grimes's new apprentice 		Orlando Copplestone
Townspeople and fisherfolk of the Borough The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Actors
Children from Honeywell Junior School (Battersea)
Children from Somersham Primary School (Huntingdon)
West Hill Primary School (Dartford)
Dulwich College Preparatory School
St Bartholomew's Church of England School (Sydenham)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: Performance dedicated to the memory of Robert Tear (1939-2011), Philip Langridge (1939-2010) and Anthony Rolfe Johnson (1940-2010).
Language: English
Signed by: Wendy Ebsworth
Durations: Act I: 7.34-8.30pm, Acts II and III: 9.02-10.30pm
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet and stage manager's report for 27 June 2011 (in Royal Opera House Collections)