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An outstanding Peter Grimes in Tokyo

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Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo on 8 October 2012
Britten, Peter Grimes
New National Theatre
Sir Richard Armstrong, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Stuart Skelton, Peter Grimes
Susan Gritton, Ellen Orford
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Auntie
New National Theatre Chorus
Jonathan Summers, Captain Balstrode
Etsuko Kanoh, Mrs Sedley
Kazunori Kubo, Swallow
Shuhei Itoga, Bob Boles
A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo
***11
Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo
****1
Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo
****1
Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo
****1
Puccini/Ravel double bill opens the new opera season in Tokyo
***11
A visually spectacular and strongly sung Hoffmann in Tokyo
****1
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