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Composer:
Benjamin Britten

Artist(s):
Anthony Dean Griffey
Patricia Racette

Conductor:
Donald Runnicles

Background: This new MET production by award-winning director John Doyle (2006 Tony AwardŽ Best Direction of a Musical - Sweeney Todd) of Britten's haunting seaside tale continues EMI Classics' recent collaboration with the Metropolitan Opera : Live in High-Definition series.

Peter Grimes, Britten's second opera, is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of postwar opera, and its premiere 63 years ago marked a turning point in the history of British Opera. It is now considered a masterwork of 20th Century opera, and since its premiere, it became the first opera by an English composer to enter and remain in the international repertory.

Anthony Dean Griffey, as Grimes, is 'superb' (San Francisco Chronicle). Patricia Racette, as Ellen Orford, the schoolmistress who tries and fails to rescue Grimes from his anger and self-pity is 'near faultless' (New York Sun). Donald Runnicles, music director of the San Francisco Opera, 'drew an inspired performance from the Met Orchestra, full of passion and commitment yet free of bombast. Without slackening the dramatic tension, he found ways of drawing out both the music's austere lyricism and its violent extremes.' - Boston Globe.

CATALOGUE NR: 2174149
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 13.70 including VAT, or £ 11.91 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 15-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Grimes - complete
ORCHESTRA: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Donald Runnicles
ARTISTS: Anthony Dean Griffey   Patricia Racette   Felicity Palmer   Jill Grove

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 Hi-Definition / Region Code: 0 / Recorded: filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera New York - production by John Doyle - Dec-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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