Prom 55: ENO performs Britten's Peter Grimes on the concert stage

By Julia Savage, 27 August 2012

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Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 24 August 2012

Britten, Peter Grimes (concert performance)

Stuart Skelton, Peter Grimes

Amanda Roocroft, Ellen Orford

Iain Paterson, Captain Balstrode

Rebecca de Pont Davies, Auntie

Leigh Melrose, Ned Keene

Michael Colvin, Bob Boles

Gillian Ramm, First Niece

Mairead Buicke, Second Niece

Dame Felicity Palmer, Mrs Sedley

Darren Jeffery, Hobson

Stuart Kale, Rev Horace Adams

Mark Richardson, Swallow

English National Opera Chorus

English National Opera Orchestra

Edward Gardner, Conductor

Donna Stirrup, Director

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Julia Savage

Julia works behind the scenes at Westminster Abbey as a PA. Outside of her job, she sings with a variety of ensembles in London and further afield, and undertakes freelance editorial and writing projects – from concert programmes to tasting notes.