In preparation for the upcoming Met HD Broadcast of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes (I'm pretty excited), I'll be posting some YouTube clips of interest.
Today's video features a vintage clip of of Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten collaborating on a bit of Schubert ("Mein" from the beloved song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin). Britten and Pears were long-time collaborators and partners in life. Pears, in fact, was the first Peter Grimes (and the first of many of Britten's opera's protagonists).
I'm pretty sure those are cheat-sheets in Sir Peter's hand...pretty funny! Anyway, get your tickets for Peter Grimes. It is this coming Saturday, March 15, at 1:30 PM EST.
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