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Devastating: WNO’s Peter Grimes reviewed

Plus: a thoroughly entertaining production of Bellini's reworking of Romeo and Juliet

Richard Bratby
Nicky Spence in a career-defining interpretation of Peter Grimes at Welsh National Opera DAFYDD-OWENA
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 19 April 2025
issue 19 April 2025

  • Peter Grimes

    Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, and touring until 7 June

  • The Capulets & the Montagues

    Lyceum, Sheffield, and touring until 26 April

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