Nothing beats opera for dealing with extremes of emotion, and as themes go they don’t come much darker than the child abuse and murder at the centre of Peter Grimes. Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts’ Grimes is, ...

The fusion of sound and stage action in the very first moment makes it immediately clear that this production is operatic in the best sense. With the houselights still up and before a note of music is ...

Welsh National Opera has announced its Spring 2025 Season. WNO Music Director Tomáš Hanus conducts new production of Peter Grimes with role debuts for Nicky Spence and Dame Sarah Connolly. Soprano ...

ALDEBURGH, England (Reuters) - Some people visit Aldeburgh on England's stony east coast to see where Benjamin Britten set his harrowing opera of mob vengeance, "Peter Grimes." Others are blissfully ...

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 ...

Britten's opera tells of fisherman Peter Grimes, who becomes an outcast after his apprentice dies; as he takes on another apprentice, suspicion from the villagers and his own guilt lead to tragedy.