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ENO unleash a North Sea storm with Peter Grimes

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 29 January 2014
Britten, Peter Grimes
Edward Gardner, Conductor
David Alden, Director
Elza van den Heever, Ellen Orford
Rhian Lois, First Niece
Mary Bevan, Second Niece
Dame Felicity Palmer, Mrs Sedley
Rebecca de Pont Davies, Auntie
Michael Colvin, Bob Boles
Stuart Skelton, Peter Grimes
Timothy Robinson, Rev Horace Adams
Iain Paterson, Captain Balstrode
Matthew Treviño, Hobson
Leigh Melrose, Ned Keene
Matthew Best, Swallow
ENO’s Mahagonny: biting, bleak, brilliantly executed satire
*****
Taken for a ride: an energetic revival of Così fan tutte at ENO
****1
Cocteau-esque camp: Alden’s Partenope returns to ENO
****1
Dead Man Walking at English National Opera: a superb execution
*****
Comedy falls flat in ENO's season opening Cinderella
**111
ENO gives Thea Musgrave's Mary, Queen of Scots a worthy performance
****1
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