Opera on 3

Martin Handley is joined by Britten expert Lucy Walker for a performance of Britten's Peter Grimes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, starring Allan Clayton, Maria Bengtsson and Bryn Terfel. Fisherman Peter Grimes has been cleared of causing the death of his young apprentice, but the members of the borough are not convinced and only school teacher Ellen and sea captain Balstrode are able to see his softer side. Britten: Peter Grimes. Allan Clayton (Tenor: Peter Grimes), Maria Bengtsson (Soprano: Ellen Orford), Bryn Terfel (Bass-baritone: Captain Balstrode), Clive Bayley (Bass: Swallow), Jacques Imbrailo (baritone: Ned Keene), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mezzo: Auntie), Christine Rice (Mezzo: Mrs Sedley), John Graham-Hall (Tenor: Bob Boles), Barnaby Rea (Bass: Hobson), James Gilchrist (Tenor: Rev Horace Adams), Jennifer France (Soprano: First niece), Natalia Labourdette (Soprano: Second niece), Johnny Imbrailo (The apprentice), Royal Opera Chorus), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House), conductor Jakub Hruša.