Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley)
Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton
Tim Albery's ENO production… conducted with drive by David Atherton, gets to the heart of the opera. I challenge anyone not to be moved by it.
Special offer. Britten: Peter Grimes
Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley)
Chorus and Orchestra of the English National Opera, David Atherton
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Tim Albery's ENO production… conducted with drive by David Atherton, gets to the heart of the opera. I challenge anyone not to be moved by it.
About
Recording Date: 1994
Place of recording: English National Opera, At The London Coliseum
Running Time: 144 min
Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
Subtitle Languages PAL: D, F, GB, SP
Menu Languages NTSC: F, GB, JP, SP
Subtitle Languages NTSC: F, GB, JP, SP
Contents and tracklist
- Philip Langridge (Grimes), Janice Cairns (Ellen), Alan Opie (Balstrode), Ann Howard (Auntie), Andrew Greenan (Swallow), Susan Gorton (Mrs Sedley)
- English National Opera
- David Atherton
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Awards and reviews
October 2007
Tim Albery's ENO production… conducted with drive by David Atherton, gets to the heart of the opera. I challenge anyone not to be moved by it.
2010
Tim Albery's darkly intense production...makes a powerful impression on DVD...As for the principals, their singing, vivid and characterful from first to last, can hardly be faulted, with Philip Langridge even more moving as Grimes than on CD, thanks to his deeply involving acting
March 2014
Tim Albery’s dark and intense ENO production from 1994, finely sung and acted with Philip Langridge's deeply moving Grimes rightly dominating the drama in an interpretation that hinges on textual sensitivity and poetic insight. Alan Opie contributes a stalwart Balstrode and Susan Gorton a properly terrifying Mrs Sedley.
