Peter Grimes

Tickets
Address Plac Teatralny 1, Warszawa
Tags Opera
Venue's website www.teatrwielki.pl…
Director Mariusz Treliński
Release 2023
Author Benjamin Britten

Performing: Peter Wedd, Cornelia Beskow, Krzysztof Szumański, Magdalena Stefaniak, Mateusz Zajdel, Dariusz Machej, Jadwiga Postrożna, Aleksander Kunach, Lukas Jakobski

The fact that Benjamin Britten's operas, which had until recently been rarely staged in Poland, are more and more often shown in this country can  largely be credited to Mariusz Treliński who has a very high opinion of Britten's music. It has been his intention for some time to put on Peter Grimes and as the artistic director of the Polish National Opera he had had a hand in the company's staging of Curlew River and Billy Budd (together with the Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo).

Peter Grimes is a work of incredible dramatic power, soaked in sea salt and north winds. It is a tale of a man who lives off fishing, raw, reticent, and eager to make money, yet at odds with the local community who accuses him of brutality towards his young apprentice and blames him for the death of one of them. The story has a great deal in common with an ancient tragedy which, alongside with the wonderful music, gives the piece a timeless quality. It tells of a protagonist that is conflicted with social morals and conventions, cruel fate that he cannot escape, a punishment for his hubris.

libretto: Montagu Slater after George Crabbe conductor: Michał Klauza dramaturgy: Marcin Cecko set designer: Boris Kudlička costume designer: Marek Adamski choreography: Maćko Prusak lighting designer: Marc Heinz video director: Bartek Macias makeup: Waldemar Pokromski chorus master: Mirosław Janowski

The show will be presented in its original English with Polish surtitles.

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