Britten’s “Peter Grimes,” now one of my favorite operas, had to grow on me. The first time I heard the full score I didn’t like it much. I knew the Sea Interludes, the orchestral music played between ...

Nicky Spence and Sally Matthews in Welsh National Opera’s Peter Grimes - Donald Cooper Turbulence in the background, then, and plenty of turbulence onstage in Britten’s compellingly relevant drama: as ...

Following on from the success of Welsh National Opera’s new production of Britten’s Death in Venice, this Spring Season opens with another new production, Britten’s Peter Grimes. The production will ...

Phyllida Lloyd‘s production of Peter Grimes in 2006 was widely regarded as definitive and Opera North has wisely built on this success – and the remarkable level of teamwork achieved – by keeping ...

It would have happened like this, I’m sure, even if Melly Still’s new staging of Britten’s masterpiece had been a flop. But of course it was not and is not. To say that there is an air of defiance ...