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Production photographs of Britten's opera Peter Grimes

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Level	Ref.	Title
Collection	PHPN	Photographs of productions

LevelSection

ReferencePHPN/14

Title

Production photographs of Britten's opera Peter Grimes

Date1945-1998

DescriptionPhotographs from a number of productions staged in the UK and abroad, as follows;
The original production at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London 1945, and the American premiere at the Berkshire Music Center 1946. Productions at Covent Garden, London in 1947 and 1953, as well as a revival in 1958.
Productions in Zurich 1946, Budapest 1947, Tokyo 1956, Gdansk 1961, Sofia 1964, and Prague 1979.
Photographs of a concert performance in Leningrad 1964, as well as a production at Kirov Theatre, Leningrad 1965.
Photographs of the production recorded by BBC television at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk in 1969.
Portrait of Jon Vickers in San Francisco Opera's production 1976.
Photogaphs of a production in York 1998.

Extent180 photographs

Physical DescriptionBlack and white and colour

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19 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Series	PHPN/14/1	Photographs of the original production of Peter Grimes at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London	1945
Series	PHPN/14/2	Photograph of the first American production of Peter Grimes at Berkshire Music Center	1946
Series	PHPN/14/3	Photographs of the production of Peter Grimes in Zurich	Jun 1946
Series	PHPN/14/4	Photographs of the Covent Garden production of Peter Grimes	1947
Series	PHPN/14/5	Photographs of the production of Peter Grimes in Budapest	1947
Series	PHPN/14/6	Photographs of the Covent Garden production of Peter Grimes	Nov-Dec 1953
Series	PHPN/14/7	Photographs of the Covent Garden production of Peter Grimes	1958
Series	PHPN/14/8	Photographs of the Tokyo production of Peter Grimes	1956
Series	PHPN/14/9	Photograph for the Decca Recording of Peter Grimes	1958
Series	PHPN/14/10	Photographs of the Opera Baltycka production of Peter Grimes in Gdansk	Sep 1961
Series	PHPN/14/11	Photographs of the production of Peter Grimes in Sofia	1964
Series	PHPN/14/12	Photographs of a concert performance of Peter Grimes in Leningrad	Mar 1964
Series	PHPN/14/13	Photographs of the production of Peter Grimes in Leningrad	Jul1965
Series	PHPN/14/14	Photographs of BBC television recording of Peter Grimes	1969
Series	PHPN/14/15	Photograph of San Francisco Opera's production of Peter Grimes	1976
Series	PHPN/14/16	Photographs of a production of Peter Grimes in Prague	Feb 1979
Series	PHPN/14/17	Photographs of a production of Peter Grimes in Florence	1988
Series	PHPN/14/18	Photographs of a production of Peter Grimes in York	Jun-Jul 1998
Series	PHPN/14/19	Photograph of a production of Peter Grimes in Zagreb	1955