June 27, 2014
Peter Grimes at SF Symphony
Extraordinary experience as climax of Britten festivities
Some operas need all of the glitter they can find. Such was not the case at Davies Symphony Hall on Friday, June 27, where Michael Tilson Thomas led a concert version of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes that emphasized the powerful music and several extraordinary voices, shunning the usual expectation of costumes, staging, sets and lights.
I once saw a Met production of Peter...