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Great Britten: Simone Young conducts a fine Peter Grimes at La Scala

Peter Grimes
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Peter Grimes
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Nicole Car (Ellen Orford) and Brandon Jovanovich (Peter Grimes)
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
Peter Grimes
© Brescia e Amisano | Teatro alla Scala
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“This chorus has accustomed us to excellence, but in this opera, they really outdid themselves”
Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 27 October 2023
Britten, Peter Grimes
Teatro alla Scala
Simone Young, Conductor
Robert Carsen, Director, Lighting Designer
Gideon Davey, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Peter van Praet, Lighting Designer
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Coro del Teatro alla Scala
Brandon Jovanovich, Peter Grimes
Nicole Car, Ellen Orford
Ólafur Sigurdarson, Captain Balstrode
Margaret Plummer, Auntie
Michael Colvin, Bob Boles
Peter Rose, Swallow
Natascha Petrinsky, Mrs Sedley
Benjamin Hulett, Rev Horace Adams
Leigh Melrose, Ned Keene
William Thomas, Hobson
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