Benjamin Britten was, of course, British by birth and lived most of his adult life at Aldeburgh, near the North Sea. He incorporates the sea into PETER GRIMES, almost to the point here it becomes one ...

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, ...

Peter Grimes at Royal Opera: A poleaxing production - 4/5 Benjamin Britten’s opera is reimagined in gritty and grisly fashion ...

Deborah Warner’s acclaimed staging of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes has returned to the Royal Opera House for its first revival, earning strong critical praise for its raw realism, topical edge and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nicky Spence and Sally Matthews in Welsh National Opera’s Peter Grimes - Donald Cooper Turbulence in the background, then, and ...

The most terrifying moment I know in Western music is the gathering of the mob in the third act of Benjamin Britten’s 1945 opera, “Peter Grimes,” set to open at the Metropolitan Opera on Oct. 16. More ...