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, ...

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.

At Covent Garden, Peter Grimes is still the favorite opera in the repertory, but it doesn’t make money because of its huge chorus and 80-piece orchestra. Britten has since shrewdly trimmed his sails, ...

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 ...