Event Details
Britten's Peter Grimes: (Encore) RSVP for pre-broadcast Lecture & Lunch as well!
The Metropolitan Opera & The Mahaiwe
Saturday March 29, 2008 / 1:30pmIndividual Tickets: $23 Adults/ $21 Seniors/$16 Children under 13
Composer Benjamin Britten. Sung in English. Approximate running time 3 hrs. 15 min.
Peter Grimes is under investigation for unthinkable transgressions, yet Benjamin Britten's probing exploration of the nature of guilt and judgment implicates an entire fishing village. Director John Doyle, a Tony AwardŽ winner for his interpretation of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, makes his Met debut answering the challenges of this modern masterpiece. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey takes on the complex title role, and the riveting Patricia Racette plays Ellen Orford, the woman who refuses to abandon him. Featuring what may be 20th-century opera's most impressive tenor role, Peter Grimes, with its sweeping orchestral beauty, is a haunting theatrical journey.
Saturday afternoon's LECTURE with Juilliard's own Scott Eyerly has been MOVED to Castle Street Cafe (in lieu of St. James Church)*All are welcome to attend! Lecture begins at 11am at 10 Castle Street, Great Barrington. Lunch at noon - $15pp cash or check only, please! Phone:413-528-5244
Peter Grimes is under investigation for unthinkable transgressions, yet Benjamin Britten's probing exploration of the nature of guilt and judgment implicates an entire fishing village. Director John Doyle, a Tony AwardŽ winner for his interpretation of Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, makes his Met debut answering the challenges of this modern masterpiece. Tenor Anthony Dean Griffey takes on the complex title role, and the riveting Patricia Racette plays Ellen Orford, the woman who refuses to abandon him. Featuring what may be 20th-century opera's most impressive tenor role, Peter Grimes, with its sweeping orchestral beauty, is a haunting theatrical journey.
Saturday afternoon's LECTURE with Juilliard's own Scott Eyerly has been MOVED to Castle Street Cafe (in lieu of St. James Church)*All are welcome to attend! Lecture begins at 11am at 10 Castle Street, Great Barrington. Lunch at noon - $15pp cash or check only, please! Phone:413-528-5244
