This opera is the subject of a 1977 Philip Brett paper that foreshadowed New Musicology. Colin Davis’s 1978 recording of this opera features Jon Vickers’s much darker treatment of the title character. In this opera’s ending mad scene, the tenor lead’s monologue is punctuated by solo tuba calls and an offstage chorus shouting his name. Just before that scene, this opera’s female lead describes how a hobby “in childhood was a luxury of idleness” as she identifies a dead body in the “Embroidery Aria.” This opera’s passages “Dawn,” “Sunday Morning,” “Moonlight,” and “Storm” were published as its composer’s Opus 33. This opera was written for its composer’s partner Peter Pears (“peers”), who plays a fisherman whose apprentices die suspiciously. For 10 points, name this opera from which the Four Sea Interludes were excerpted by composer Benjamin Britten. ■END■
ANSWER: Peter Grimes
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