23 Nov 2013: We saw Britten's Peter Grimes at Theatre Royal. Most of the opera we have ever seen has been from Opera North. This one is touring the country.
Here is the Guardian review of the same production http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/15/peter-grimes-review
It is interesting how the audience are manipulated.... PG confides to the audience (and we realise he is mentally challenged), and we can also see (when PG is off stage) how gossipy and self righteous and malicious the townsfolk are. We all finish up on his side, even though we can agree with the townsfolk that he should have an adult fishing partner, not an apprentice. The whole idea of apprenticeship is to teach something. What master of an apprentice would send his youngster ahead down a 40 foot cliff in the dark, with the intention of sailing after a shoal of fish in stormy weather, without teaching him anything about fishing, and without stocking the boat with water? So, at the end, one can be a witness to a tragedy that nothing can avert.
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