San Francisco War Memorial 1973 Page 1 of 2 Assn. Opera House

This new production of "Peter Grimes" was made possible by the Gramma Fisher Foundation of Marshalltown, Iowa, through a much appreciated joint gift to the Chicago Lyric and Peter Grimes (in English)

Opera in three acts by Libretto by Based on a poem by

Conductor CAST John Pritchard Hobson Philip Booth Production Swallow Michael Langdon Peter Grimes Jess Thomas* Set designer Mrs. Sedley Donna Petersen Carl Toms Ellen Orford † Lighting Designer A fisherman Robert Brand Auntie Sheila Nadler Chorus Director Bob Boles William Neill Byron Dean Ryan Captain Balstrode Geraint Evans Musical Preparation Rev. Horace Adams James Atherton Calvin Simmons First niece Jacquelyn Benson Second niece Rebecca Roberts Ned Keene Boy Richard Morrison A lawyer Gary Burgess Dr. Thorpe William Tredway Offstage voice Luana De Vol

*Role debut †U.S. opera debut PLACE AND TIME: The Borough, a small fishing town on the East Coast of , towards 1830

Saturday, October 27 1973, at 8:00 PM Prologue -- A room inside Moot Hall Tuesday, October 30 1973, at 8:00 PM Act I, Scene 1 -- The Borough beach and street Sunday, November 4 1973, at 2:00 PM Scene 2 -- Inside the "Boar" Friday, November 9 1973, at 8:00 PM INTERMISSION Act II, Scene 1 -- The Borough beach and street Scene 2 -- Peter Grimes's hut INTERMISSION Act III, Scene 1 -- The Borough beach and street Scene 2 -- Later that night San Francisco War Memorial 1973 Peter Grimes Page 2 of 2 Opera Assn. Opera House

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Notes: Costumes -- courtesy of Association TANYA MOISEIWITSCH, designer

Live broadcast -- November 9