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Peter Grimes, Britten
D: Christine Mielitz
C: Simone Young
A BOLT OF LIGHTNING IN THE STAATSOPER’S VOID - JONAS KAUFMANN AS PETER GRIMES: FIRST REVIEW

A Grimes of this magnitude has the potential to become perfection, raising memories of Vickers and dear Philip Langridge. Absolute perfection is attained by condutor Simone Young, who received the loudest ovations of the night from a near-capacity house. This score is under her skin and never sounded more thrilling and alive. The Staatsopernorchester was its best

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27 January 2022slippedisc.comLarry L. Lash
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann and the soprano Lise Davidsen are leading a luxuriously cast revival of Britten’s “Peter Grimes

The opportunity to hear Kaufmann in his debut as Peter Grimes, as well as Davidsen in her first staged performance as Ellen Orford.

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27 January 2022www.nytimes.comJoshua Barone