Peter Grimes
- Title
- Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Montagu Slater ; a production for television from Snape Maltings staged by Joan Cross.
- Published by
- London : Decca, 2008.
- Author
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Details
- Additional authors
- Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956
- Pears, Peter, 1910-1986
- Harper, Heather
- Drake, Bryan, 1925-2001
- Bainbridge, Elizabeth
- Robson, Ann
- Brannigan, Owen
- Cross, Joan.
- Culshaw, John
- Large, Brian
- Ambrosian Opera Chorus, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- London Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Decca Record Company.
- BBC Two (Television station : London, England)
- Description
- 1 videodisc (2 hr., 22 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- "Fisherman Peter Grimes is ostracized following the death of his apprentice. Despite the friendship of the schoolteacher Ellen Orford, Grimes is pursued by the village, finally descending into madness and inevitable tragedy"--Container.
- Series statement
- The Britten-Pears collection
- Uniform title
- Britten-Pears Collection.
- Subject
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Film adaptation of Britten\u0027s opera.
- Title from container.
- Program notes and synopsis in English, French and German (27 p.) inserted in container.
- Credits (note)
- Producer, John Culshaw ; director, Brian Large.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at Snape Maltings, Feb. 24-28, 1969; first broadcast on BBC Two, Nov. 2, 1969.
- System details (note)
- DVD; Dolby digital enhanced mono.; LPCM mono.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English; with optional subtitles in English, French, German and Spanish.