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Photographs of the Covent Garden production of Peter Grimes

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Collection	PHPN	Photographs of productions
Section	PHPN/14	Production photographs of Britten's...

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ReferencePHPN/14/4

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Photographs of the Covent Garden production of Peter Grimes

Date1947

DescriptionPhotographs of scenes from the opera, portraits of some members of the cast in costume, and photographs of the set designs by Tanya Moiseiwitsch.

The first performance of this production took place on 6 Nov 1947 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London; further performances continued into March 1948.

The cast were; Peter Grimes, Peter Pears; Ellen Orford, Joan Cross; Auntie, Edith Coates; Nieces, Blanche Turner and Muriel Burnett; Balstrode, Tom Williams; Mrs Sedley, Constance Shacklock; Swallow, Ernest Davies; Ned Keene, Grahame Clifford; Bob Boles, Hubert Norville; Rector, David Tree; Hobson, Rhydderch Davies; Boy, Derek North; conductor, Reginald Goodall; producer, Tyrone Guthrie; scenery and costumes, Tanya Moiseiwitch; Covent Garden Opera Chorus; chorus master, Douglas Robinson; Covent Garden Orchestra; leader, Joseph Shadwick.

Extent13 photographs

Physical DescriptionBlack and white

Related MaterialProgrammes for this production are found in the programme collection.

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13 Component Record(s)

Level	Ref.	Title	Date
Item	PHPN/14/4/1	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 1	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/2	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 1	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/3	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 1	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/4	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act 2 Scene 1	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/5	Production photograph of Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/6	Photograph of Tom Williams as Balstrode in Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/7	Photograph of Grahame Clifford as Ned Keene in Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/8	Photograph of David Tree as the Rector in Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/9	Photograph of the set design for the interior of the Moot Hall for Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/10	Photograph of the design for the main set for Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/11	Photograph of the set design for Grimes's hut for Peter Grimes	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/12	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 1	Nov 1947
Item	PHPN/14/4/13	Production photograph of Peter Grimes, Act I Scene 2	Nov 1947