| Peter Grimes - ENO LIVE SCREENING |
Sun 23 Feb 3pm - LIVE
David Alden’s five-star sell-out production of Britten’s hauntingly beautiful opera. ENO Music Director Edward Gardner conducts the electrifying score, with Stuart Skelton heading an outstanding cast. Sung in English.
Experience the searing psychological drama, intrigue and suspense of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes, screened live from the London Coliseum.
'An unmissable production that unleashes the opera's thrilling power' The Observer
'A tidal wave of sound that is virtually overwhelming' Sunday Express
David Alden’s award-winning production paints a vivid picture of a small community’s descent into suspicion, gossip and mob mentality in the face of a tragedy.
In a small coastal fishing village in Suffolk, fisherman Peter Grimes’s apprentice disappears at sea. What really happened to the boy? Was Peter Grimes involved? Despite the villagers’ suspicions, after questioning in court, Grimes is released without charge. Subjected to a hate campaign, Peter Grimes’s state of mind and behaviour becomes increasingly unstable. And then he takes on another apprentice with tragic consequences.
Peter Grimes contains some of the most evocative music ever written. The wildness of the sea and the instability of Grimes’s mind are superbly reflected in Britten’s music. Stuart Skelton in the title role has been described as the ‘definitive’ Peter Grimes and has performed the role all over the world.
Running time: 3hrs 10mins
£18 (£16)
Read the Guardian review here
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