One of the most renowned works from famous British composer Benjamin Britten. Set in a fishing village on the east coast of England, this is the story of a lonely fisherman, Peter Grimes, suspected of killing his young apprentice. It offers an intensely emotional depiction of isolation and group mentalities, hope and despair.

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Peter Grimes

New National Theatre

This masterpiece is set in high society Vienna, and portrays in elegant and exquisite music about memories of times gone by and of young, new love. Master director Jonathan Miller excels at detailed character portrayal, and in moving the action from that pinnacle of aristocratic culture, 18th century Vienna, to 1912, which is one year after the first staging of "Der Rosenkavalier", he has the work impart a sense of the vicissitudes of time that audiences at the time would have experienced. Those who appeared on stage then, as well as the famous duo of composer (Richard Strauss) and librettist (Hugo von Hofmannsthal) all lived in an age over which the darkening clouds of strife were gathering, on the brink of war. The wise Marschallin sings that "she wants to stop the clock", and in doing so feels not only the relentless encroachment of age and resignation at having parted from her young lover, but a sense, too, of a generational shift.

Hitomi Watanabe

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 23 - Dec 5, 2026

Peter Grimes · Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

2 - 11 Apr, 2027

Der Rosenkavalier · Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Niece 1 in Peter Grimes by Britten

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Marianne in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

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