Peter Grimes (Britten) - Metropolitan Opera - Mad Scene - Anthony Dean Griffey

The Mad Scene from Britten's Peter Grimes.
Metropolitan Opera
Peter Grimes - Anthony Dean Griffey
Ellen Orford - Patricia Racette
Balstrode - Anthony MIchaels Moore
Conductor: Donald Runnicles

[@JMillerBayRidge]

I haven't seen Grimes in ages,despite being deeply familiar with Britten. Overlooked the Mad Scene the last time I saw at the Met, because as a 16 year old, all I was seeking was loud brass, unappreciative of these moments. For the past month I have been going around singing and annoying the living crap out of everyone with this scene. Vickers is unsurpassed, but this version has a fluidity and passion that no other has.

[@jeremyblodgett9077]

Fantastic performance!!

[@georgesclermont1911]

Almost John Vickers. Absolutely sensational.

[@cellomeghan]

Such a contrast to Lucrezia. His madness is given such gravitas, while hers is written off as hysteria

[@peaceblossom8]

You mean Lucia (di Lammermoor), right? I completely agree by the way, this one is so much more psychologically and emotionally profound.

[@flicfan416]

@@peaceblossom8 think she means rape of lucretia

[@peaceblossom8]

@@flicfan416 Lucretia in "Rape of Lucretia" doesn't really go mad though does she? She's devastated because she was raped and commits suicide, but she doesn't have a "mad scene" like Peter Grimes or Lucia di Lammermoor. Or am I remembering it wrong? It's been ages since I saw it last :(

[@flicfan416]

@@peaceblossom8 "give him this orchid" and the preceding bits are pretty mad scene-ish. i don't know if it's canonically understood as a mad scene but the tropes are there

[@JMillerBayRidge]

I don’t know why the Vickers version is so popular. It is quite slow and lags. It’s a crescendo of insanity, something I get from this performance but not Vickers

[@resnonverba]

Not Vickers but excellent himself.