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Britten - Peter Grimes [DVD] [2008]

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  • Actors: Renée Fleming, John Relyea, Tony Stevenson, Keith Miller, Lisette Oropesa
  • Directors: Gary Halvorson
  • Format: Box set, Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: EMI
  • DVD Release Date: 15 Sep 2008
  • Run Time: 168 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001DHE9K6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,100 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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    #2 in  Music > Opera & Vocal > Opera > By Title > Peter Grimes
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A performance of Benjamin Britten's PETER GRIMES by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Donald Runnicles.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Strong and Moving, 27 Jan 2009
Although the new style Met Opera DVDs have the irritating and poor quality "intermission interviews," if you skip these sections, which take place on set and destroy any sense of theatrical illusion, the opera itself is well produced with some outstanding performances. Diction and acting are generally excellent with very strong singing in the secondary roles and excellent chorus work. Although it takes some time to adjust to the set - very different from anything Britten would have sanctioned - the drama quickly captures you and the climax is more moving than any other production i have seen. The high definition transfer is excellent and the DTS recording is expansive and immediate. It's good to have this outstanding work in the budget category too, as so many opera on DVD are very expensive indeed. If only the Met did not patronize its audiences with those terrible interviews! Please can they put them as DVD extras and not integrate them into the body of the work and at least have intelligent questions and interviewers who really know what they are talking about. I know the Met is trying to embrace new audiences but tabloid TV is a very patronising way of attempting to achieve this.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific but..., 31 Jul 2009
By Rachel Eve (Sheffield, England) - See all my reviews
This is a wonderful dvd. The production is in keeping with Britten's own expressed view that this opera was NOT about the sea but about a community and the cast is a very strong one. Anthony Dean Griffey is simply magnificent as Grimes & Patricia Racette both convincing & touching as Ellen Orford.
My only query is..why the mention of Renee Fleming in the product details?! She doesn't even do the (worse even than usual) interviews!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost top rating but less half star for monotonous staging, 4 May 2009
By Kumbrian Kritic (Cockermouth) - See all my reviews
Leaving behind the pleasing melodic flow of previous operas, with some notable exceptions twentieth century composers opted for astringency and discordancy. "Peter Grimes" is quite mild compared with some. Anyway, darkly minimalist presentation is to an extent justifiable. Here a high wooden structure stretches across the stage close to the front of it. Doors at various levels open to reveal single characters at various times while the crowd appears on the narrow stage. For me the same black set almost throughout becomes monotonous detracting from my enjoyment of the performance. (Half a star deducted.) Only during the finale does the structure split and roll away leaving the full depth of the stage with a large, mainly blue, backlit screen.
Apart from the above this production is excellent including HD picture and sound. Unwanted introductions and crass interviews can easily be skipped.
Although different, both Peter Pears and Jon Vickers have been hailed as masterly creators of the role of Grimes. It is difficult to explain why Anthony Dean Griffey improves on both of them. He does more than the obvious. There is also a subtle variety about his acting, for example the flickers of easily aroused irritability.
Grimes is not a sympathetic character. That the Borough residents are almost all petty, hidebound and hostile only makes his bitter, violent moods worse. Without the pressures of his environment would he turn into a passable human being? Perhaps, with the right medication and other treatment. The love of a good woman? Romantic moonshine!
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