Peter Grimes

Opera

Writers: Benjamin Britten Montagu Slater

Songs

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; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.


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