Peter Grimes

This 1969 BBC production is about as close as we can get to a definitive version of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES, one of the greatest 20th Century operas. The story of the individualistic fisherman hounded by his neighbors who believe he murdered his young apprentice packs tremendous emotional power . The compelling narrative is richly enhanced by its subtexts: the lone outsider versus the conformist mob; the dreamer of improbable dreams that lead to tragedy; the artist (dreamer) versus the Philistines, and the homosexual overtones of Grimes' abuse of his child apprentices. Britten is conductor of his work and tenor Peter Pears is Grimes, 25 years after he created the title role at the opera's premiere . As the widow Ellen Orford, soprano Heather Harper is magnificent. Best of all, the sea is an ever-present actor here. When we don't see it in the background it exerts its presence in the abundant visual references to nets, barrels, and other paraphernalia of a seaside fishing village.

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Peter Grimes är en musicfilm från 1969, regisserad av Brian Large. I rollerna ses bland andra Peter Pears, Heather Harper, Bryan Drake och Elizabeth Bainbridge.

Med en speltid på 2 timmar och 22 minuter är Peter Grimes en produktion från United Kingdom. Originalspråket är engelska. På Filmotek uppdaterar vi löpande var du kan streama, hyra eller köpa Peter Grimes i Sverige.