Cast & Characters

The Cast

Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Ellen Orford: Patricia Racette
Peter Grimes: Anthony Dean Griffey
Balstrode: Anthony Michaels-Moore

The Characters


Peter Grimes (tenor): a fisherman, disliked by most of the village due to his apprentices’ unfortunate mishaps.

John (mute): the apprentice that Grimes takes on to learn the fishing trade.

Ellen Orford (soprano): a widowed schoolmistress, who is kind to both Grimes and John, and who Grimes wants to marry.

Mrs Sedley (mezzo-soprano): a widowed villager, who is very suspicious of Grimes’ behavior.

Auntie (contralto): landlady of ‘The Boar’, the local tavern.

Nieces (sopranos): Auntie’s nieces, the main attraction of ‘The Boar’.

Bob Boles (tenor): a Methodist fisherman, given to drinking and fighting.

Reverend Horace Adams (tenor): the village rector.

Captian Balstrode (baritone): a retired merchant skipper, who tries to help Grimes.

Ned Keene (baritone): the village apothecary.

Swallow (bass): a lawyer, who begins by questioning Grimes about his previous apprentice’s disappearance.

Hobson (bass): the carter who fetches John for Grimes.