Peter Grimes Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, "Peter Grimes", in George Crabbe's book "The Borough". The "borough" of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe's, and later Britten's, own home of Aldeburgh, a town on England's east coast. It was first performed at Sadler's Wells in London on 7 June 1945, conducted by Reginald Goodall, and was the first of Britten's operas to be a critical and popular success. It is still widely performed, both in the UK and internationally, and
Peter Glossop York, was in 1971 as Scarpia in "Tosca". Later roles for the Metropolitan Opera included Don Carlo in "La forza del destino", Mr Redburn in "Billy Budd", Balstrode in "Peter Grimes" and the title roles in "Falstaff" and "Wozzeck". His career continued into the mid-1980s with appearances in London and the main European and American opera houses. His further repertory included Don Carlo in "Ernani", Mandryka in "Arabella", Pizarro in "Fidelio" and the title roles in "The Flying Dutchman" and "Macbeth". Glossop made a number of recordings. These include "Macbeth" with Rita Hunter in the 1960s, "Billy Budd" under the