Skelton excels in a brilliant Peter Grimes with the LPO at The Rest is Noise

By Paul Kilbey, 30 September 2013

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Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 28 September 2013

Britten, Peter Grimes

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Jurowski, Conductor

Stuart Skelton, Peter Grimes

Pamela Armstrong, Ellen Orford

Alan Opie, Captain Balstrode

Pamela Helen Stephen, Auntie

Malin Christensson, First Niece

Claire Ormshaw, Second Niece

Michael Colvin, Bob Boles

Brindley Sherratt, Swallow

Jean Rigby, Mrs Sedley

Mark Stone, Ned Keene

Brian Galliford, Rev Horace Adams

Jonathan Veira, Hobson

London Voices

Daniel Slater, Director

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.