Peter Grimes (1969)

BBC telecast from 1969 of Britten s opera. Staged by Joan Cross, the original Ellen Orford in the 1945 world premiere. Peter Grimes Peter Pears Ellen Orford Heather Harper Balstrode Bryan Drake Auntie Elizabeth Bainbridge Bob Boles Gregory Dempsey Swallow Owen Brannigan Mrs. Sedley Ann Robson Ned Keene David Bowman Rector Robert Tear Hobson Michael Rippon First niece Jill Gomez Second niece Anne Pashley London Symphony Orchestra Ambrosian Opera Chorus Children from Leiston Modern School Benjamin Britten, conductor