Britten: Peter Grimes - DVD

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Britten: Peter Grimes (OA1103D) (2012)<br /> <br /> John Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes); Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford); Christopher Purves (Captain Balstrode); Felicity Palmer (Auntie); Peter Hoare (Bob Boles); Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley); Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala; Robin Ticciati<br /> <br /> "... the thrilling baton-wielding of Robin Ticciati, whose enthusiastic yet disciplined conducting earns him a standing ovation from a La Scala Orchestra that emerges as polished, urgent and surprisingly at ease with Britten’s score. There is strength from first to last among the soloists, three of whom (Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Christopher Gillett and Stephen Richardson) would go on to repeat their roles this year at the centenary staging of “Grimes on the (Aldeburgh) Beach”. As Grimes, John Graham-Hall is every bit as intense as he was in ENO’s recent revival of Britten’s Death in Venice.<br /> <br /> " (Classical Source)