Peter Grimes

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Peter Grimes is an opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Montagu Slater.

The original text

Based on the section "Peter Grimes", in George Crabbe's long narrative poem The Borough.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1969: Presented by PACT Opera.

1993: Presented by CAPAB Opera (27 March – 10 April)

Sources

Wayne Muller. 2018. A reception history of opera in Cape Town: Tracing the development of a distinctly South African operatic aesthetic (1985–2015). Unpublished PhD thesis.

Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.

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