In 2014, the film-maker and broadcaster took a chance on his first opera – Peter Grimes. He expected atonal warbling, but instead got hooked for life on the beauty, drama and strangeness of Britten’s music
n Valentine’s Day 2014 my partner was abroad and my friends were busy, so I decided to go out for a romantic evening with myself. I trawled the internet for a spare seat for a snazzy West End show, but all I could find was a single ticket for Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes at English National Opera .I’d never been to an opera before but I vaguely knew Peter Grimes thanks to a music teacher I had at school when I was 11.
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