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Peter GrimesConcert performance

Estonian National Opera HouseTallinn, Harju, Estonia
Dates/times in Tallinn time zone
Friday 26 September 202519:00
Sunday 28 September 202515:00
Performers
Estonian National Opera
Arvo VolmerConductor
Kaspar MändConductor
Rasmus RembelLighting Designer
Estonian National Opera Orchestra
Estonian National Opera Choir
Heli JürgensonChoirmaster / chorus director
Timothy RichardsTenorPeter Grimes
Charlotte-Anne ShipleySopranoEllen Orford
Paul Carey JonesBaritoneCaptain Balstrode
Aule UrbMezzo-sopranoAuntie
Mart MadisteTenorBob Boles
Kadri NirgiSopranoFirst Niece
Janne ŠevtšenkoSopranoSecond Niece
Dragos IonelBassHobson
Heldur Harry PõldaTenorRev Horace Adams
Raiko RaalikBassSwallow
Tuuri DedeMezzo-sopranoMrs Sedley
Pavlo BalakinBassNed Keene

For the first time in Estonia, the Estonian National Opera presents a concert performance of Benjamin Britten’s psychological thriller “Peter Grimes”. This powerful opera is considered one of the cornerstones of 20th-century English music theatre and showcases Britten’s brilliant ability to explore the depths of human emotion and societal conflict.

In the psychological thriller “Peter Grimes,” Britten gives a voice to a man who does not fit into a community that has no tolerance for differences. Who is Peter Grimes? A murderer? A hapless victim of a small community’s prejudice and the all-powerful sea? A poet? 

In a close-knit coastal community, fisherman Peter Grimes is acquitted of murdering his young apprentice. But although the court has pronounced him innocent, the local inhabitants continue to judge him. With only the local teacher Ellen Orford by his side, Peter Grimes finds himself haunted by rumours and suspicion, struggling with inner demons and the enmity of the local community.

The opera’s music paints hauntingly vivid images of the sea’s power, human emotion, love, and fear.

Peter Grimes
Six works inspired by the sea
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