Peter Grimes · Opera
Songs in Peter Grimes
This page features the songs from Peter Grimes. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
Prologue
- The Moot Hall (Hobson, Peter, Ellen, Swallow, Ned Keene, Mrs. Sedley, Burgesses)
- Act I
- Interlude I - Dawn (orchestra)
- Scene 1: The Waterfront (Burgesses, Peter, Ned Keene, Auntie, Nieces, Mrs. Sedley, Hobson, Ellen, Balstrode, Swallow, Bob Boles, Dr. Crabbe)
- Interlude II - Storm (orchestra)
- Scene 2: The Boar Tavern (Auntie, Mrs. Sedley, Bob Boles, Peter Grimes, Ellen, Hobson, Ned Keene, Balstrode, Nieces, Burgesses)
Act II:
- Interlude III - Sunday Morning (orchestra)
- Scene 1: The Street (Burgesses, John, Peter, Rector, Swallow, Ned Keene, Bob Boles, Nieces, Ellen, Auntie, Dr. Crabbe, Mrs. Sedley)
- Interlude IV - Passacaglia (orchestra)
- Scene 2: Grimes’s Hut (Male Burgesses, Balstrode, Swallow, Rector, John, Peter)
Act III:
- Interlude V- Moonlight (orchestra)
- Scene 1: The Waterfront (Burgesses, Rector, Mrs. Sedley, Swallow, Nieces, Ned Keene, Balstrode, Ellen, Hobson, Dr. Crabbe)
- Interlude VI (orchestra)
- Scene 2: The Waterfront (Grimes, Ellen, Balstrode, Burgesses, Auntie, Bob Boles, Swallow, )
- Scene 3: The Waterfront (Burgesses, Bob Boles, Swallow, Auntie)
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number.