Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 28 July 2023 at 19:00 CET to 28 January 2024
Opera in three acts with a prologue
Libretto: Montagu Slater after George Crabbe
World premiere: 7 June 1945, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
Premiere of this production: 23 June 2023, Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw
Co-produced with the Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv
In the original English with Polish subtitles
Recorded on 27 Jun. 2023, Polish National Opera, Warsaw
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CAST
Peter Grimes
Peter Wedd
Ellen Orford
Cornelia Beskow
Balstrode
Krzysztof Szumański
Auntie
Wanda Franek
Niece 1
Aleksandra Łaska
Niece 2
Maria Stasiak
Boles
Mateusz Zajdel
Swallow
Dariusz Machej
Mrs Sedley
Jadwiga Postrożna
The Rev Horace Adams
Aleksander Kunach
Ned Keene
Szymon Komasa
Hobson
Lukas Jakobski
John, a boy
Oskar Grzegorzewski
Dancers and Mimes
Mayu Gralińska-Sakai, Katarzyna Hołtra-Kleiber, Monika Jarosińska, Hanna Szurgot, Monika Daukszo, Katarzyna Koziorz, Krzysztof Czerny, Michał Ciećka, Damian Zawadzki, Paweł Kozłowski
Orchestra
Polish National Opera Orchestra
Chorus
Polish National Opera Chorus
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Music
Benjamin Britten
Text
Montagu Slater
Conductor
Michał Klauza
Director
Mariusz Treliński
Dramaturgy
Marcin Cecko
Sets
Boris Kudlička
Costumes
Marek Adamski
Choreography
Jacek Przybyłowicz
Lighting
Marc Heinz
Video
Bartek Macias
Photography
Michał Dąbal
Make-up
Waldemar Pokromski
Chorus Master
Mirosław Janowski
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Film directors
Marcin Dunin-Borkowski
Ewa Krasucka
Sound director
Emilian Rymarowicz