| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 8-Oct-2012 New National Theatre: Opera House | An outstanding Peter Grimes in Tokyo |
 Willy Decker’s production of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, which originated at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1994 and was revived at London’s Royal Opera House in 2004 and 2011, has now reached Tokyo. The work opened the new season of the New National Theatre Tokyo, the capital’s main opera house, currently celebrating its 15th anniversary. It’s the first time the New National Theatre has staged Peter Grimes, and Decker himself directed this revival with great care and attention to detail.
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| 21-Jun-2011 Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Andrew Davis conducts a powerful telling of Britten's Peter Grimes |
 HEPPNER AS PETER GRIMES, COPPLESTONE AS JOHN (C) BARDA 2011.jpg) English classical music is often associated with the countryside, the landscape and its villages, and Britten's opera Peter Grimes is no exception. But this isn't the gentle, pastoral landscape of Brooke or Housman, and no larks are ascending here: it's a harsh, forbidding place inhabited by harsh, forbidding people whose Christianity has much faith and some hope but a distinct shortage of charity.Read full review... | |
