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Psychologically splintered: Stuart Skelton leads a stellar Peter Grimes in Bergen

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“Gardner's storm interlude could have caused structural damage”
Reviewed at Grieg Hall (Grieghallen), Bergen on 30 May 2017
Britten, Peter Grimes (in concert)
Bergen National Opera
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Vera Rostin Wexelsen, Director
Stuart Skelton, Peter Grimes
Giselle Allen, Ellen Orford
Ida Falk Winland, First Niece
Vibeke Kristensen, Second Niece
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mrs Sedley
Annika Schlicht, Auntie
Colin Judson, Bob Boles
James Gilchrist, Rev Horace Adams
Roderick Williams, Captain Balstrode
Barnaby Rea, Hobson
Marcus Farnsworth, Ned Keene
Matthew Best, Swallow
Collegium Musicum Choir
Edvard Grieg Choir
Royal Northern College of Music Chorus
Håkon Matti Skrede, Choirmaster / chorus director
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
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****1
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A staged Messiah that sheds little light on Handel's oratorio
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****1
True Grimes: a gripping semi-staging of Britten’s opera
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