| Aldeburgh Festival - Peter Grimes Reviews | 23 April 2024 |
Alan Oke (Peter Grimes)
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Peter GrimesAldeburgh FestivalNo. of reviews: 18 | |
Returning Britten's dark social parable Peter Grimes to the sea |
 5 Jul 13 / New Statesman |
Grimes contra viento y marea |
| 29 Jun 13 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Staging of 'Peter Grimes' on the beach pays tribute to Britten at 100 |
| 26 Jun 13 / New York Times |
Vom Winde unterstützt |
| 25 Jun 13 / Klassik Info |
This Grimes on the Beach was a great experience-- an operatic happening |
| 25 Jun 13 / Musical Criticism |
Peter Grimes came home to its birthplace in an exhilarating performance |
| 24 Jun 13 / Express |
Grimes on the Beach - The chilling case of the bodies in the wave |
| 23 Jun 13 / Independent on Sunday |
A once-in-a-lifetime event to celebrate the centenary of its founder Benjamin Britten |
| 20 Jun 13 / Bloomberg |
An unforgettable experience for those lucky enough to be present |
| 19 Jun 13 / The Stage |
A remarkable, unrepeatable achievement |
| 19 Jun 13 / The Guardian |
A triumph against the odds |
| 19 Jun 13 / Telegraph |
Britten's greatest opera gets a staging to remember |
| 19 Jun 13 / The Arts Desk |
An extraordinary spectacle at the water's edge |
| 19 Jun 13 / Independent |
What a start to the Britten centenary Festival |
| 17 Jun 13 / Musical Criticism |
Alan Oke triumphed as Grimes |
| 11 Jun 13 / Classical Source |
Alan Oke gave Grimes an arresting inwardness |
| 11 Jun 13 / Independent |
The focus was intimately on Grimes himself |
| 11 Jun 13 / Financial Times |
Steuart Bedford conducted with compelling and absolute authority |
| 11 Jun 13 / Ipswich Star |
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What an opera-tunity!
Standing ovation for first ever beach production of opera inspired by Suffolk fishing community.
Standing ovation for first ever beach production of opera inspired by Suffolk fishing community.
Peter Grimes on the beach? Shiver me tenors!
Freezing temperatures, mighty winds, shifting sands … can this attempt to stage Britten's great opera Peter Grimes on a Suffolk beach possibly succeed?
Freezing temperatures, mighty winds, shifting sands … can this attempt to stage Britten's great opera Peter Grimes on a Suffolk beach possibly succeed?
Nothing beats Benjamin Britten on a moonlit beach
The 100th anniversary of the composer's birth will see Peter Grimes performed as it should be.
The 100th anniversary of the composer's birth will see Peter Grimes performed as it should be.
Oke stands tall for the best of Britten
The tenor takes centre stage as ‘Peter Grimes’ returns to Aldeburgh.
The tenor takes centre stage as ‘Peter Grimes’ returns to Aldeburgh.
Production details
Cast
Oke, Allen, Keeble, Hutton, Bedford, Kempster, Wyn-Rogers, Waddington, Rice, Murray, Gillett, Richardson
(c) Bedford (d) Albery
Performance dates
7, 9, 17, 19, 21 June 2013
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