Peter Grimes: Grim, gripping and gloriousLast Updated: 12:01am GMT 29/01/2008
Rupert Christiansen reviews Peter Grimes performed by Opera North at the Grand Theatre, Leeds
Serge Koussevitzky, the philanthropic conductor who commissioned Peter Grimes, claimed that the result of his munificence was "the greatest opera since Carmen". Well, perhaps he was biased, but a performance as enthralling as this makes his flush of proud enthusiasm understandable.
A triumph: there is no question of the immediate emotional impact
It has been directed for Opera North by Phyllida Lloyd, and the first thing to say about her production - revived here for the first time since its première in 2006 - is how visually spare, narratively lucid and immaculately rehearsed it is (...)
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