Peter Grimes

composer: Benjamin Britten

Opera in three acts and a prologue, op. 33

Premiere: 7. Juni 1945 London
Orchestra instrumentation: Major roles: S,A,T,Bar; minor roles: 2S,M,2T,Bar,2B,2mimes; chorus 2(=picc).2(II=corA).2(II=Ebcl).2.dbn-4.2.Dtpt.3.1-timp.perc(2):SD/TD/ BD/tamb/tgl/cyms/gong/whip/xyl/rattle-cel-harp-strings Off-stage:organ-bells-tuba* Dance band on-stage*:2cl-perc:cym/SD/BD-pft(ad lib)-vln.db (*taken from the orchestra)
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Duration: 147' 0''
Year of composition: 1945
Edition: study score
Language: English
Series: Hawkes Pocket Scores - HPS 749
ISMN: 979-0-060-01492-5
Order number: BH 6500091