Here are the best operas to look out for in 2025. Benjamin Britten's iconic opera follows a tormented fisherman, Peter Grimes, who finds himself ostracised by his community following the ...

Britten's opera A Midsummer Night's Dream from the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival.

Benjamin Britten was an English composer who was born and lived in Suffolk. He started composing as a child and by the age of 18 he'd written more than 700 pieces! He wrote the opera 'Peter Grimes ...

It’s quite ironic that the Royal Northern College of Music should have invited, as director of this, Britten’s avowedly ...

Our live reviews span new productions of Britten operas in the UK and the Netherlands, a roundup from Wexford Opera Festival and operas from Vienna, Versailles, La Fenice, Dresden and more.

On the evidence of last night at the Wales Millennium Centre, Britten should continue to serve him well for years to come. In Melly Still’s new production for Welsh National Opera, Spence’s Grimes ...

Read our review of Welsh National Opera's Peter Grimes, starring Nicky Spence in Britten’s first operatic masterpiece, ...

He said composer Benjamin Britten adapted the tale into an opera in the 1950s. Skye Johnson, a first-year graduate student in vocal performance who stars as the governess, said the show revolves ...

The Welsh National Opera (WNO) is set to bring two operas to Milton Keynes Theatre this May. The company will perform Mozart's 'The Marriage of Figaro' and Britten's 'Peter Grimes' from Thursday, May ...