Press Reviews "... the thrilling baton-wielding of Robin Ticciati, whose enthusiastic yet disciplined conducting earns him a standing ovation from a La Scala Orchestra that emerges as polished, urgent and surprisingly at ease with Britten's score. There is strength from first to last among the soloists, three of whom (Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Christopher Gillett and Stephen Richardson) would go on to repeat their roles this year at the centenary staging of “Grimes on the (Aldeburgh) Beach”. As Grimes, John Graham-Hall is every bit as intense as he was in ENO's recent revival of Britten's Death in Venice." (Classical Source) "Jones has instilled in his singing actors a level of detail and a harrowing believability one is more accustomed to encountering in spoken drama...Gritton's Ellen is remarkable...[Graham-Hall ] lives his role - earnest, lonely, impulsive, with a desperate desire for acceptance...Ticciati is in full control from the start. " (International Record Review) "... the pride and joy of Richard Jones's production, not to be missed, is its unerring grasp of the psychology and tiered relationship of all the characters. ...Ticciati eschews the weighty, rather Germanic approach of older conductors...concentrating (like Goodall or Hickox) on rhythmic and instrumental subtleties. " (Gramophone) "[Grimes is] no tough fisherman but a seedy inadequate cringing from the local teenagers, and suggesting all too contemporary abuse problems. John Graham-Hall evokes his contorted inner life superbly, but with leaner tones than competitors on video. " (BBC Music Magazine ???) CastJohn Graham-Hall (Peter Grimes)Susan Gritton (Ellen Orford)Christopher Purves (Captain Balstrode)Felicity Palmer (Auntie)Peter Hoare (Bob Boles)Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Sedley) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala; Robin TicciatiStage Director: Richard JonesTelevision Director: Patrizia Carmine Catalogue Number: OABD7119DDate of Performance: 2012Running Time: 154 minutesAspect Ratio: 16:9Label: Opus Arte