ENO revival of a production I saw in 2014 with Stuart Skelton as Grimes. Brilliant production and wonderfully sung and acted. Peter Grimes will be forever associated with the Suffolk town where Britten lived with Peter Pears and established his annual music festival. I love this opera, it is brilliant music, and sharp in its portrayal of a nasty incestuous seaside community. It is also timeless in a strange way. Crabbe's poem was set in the late 18th century. The ENO production is set just after the war (when the opera was written), complete with spivs and the paraphernalia of black market Britain. It works brilliantly, as the theme of an outsider dealing with a community racked with hypocrisy seems to be forever.

The bible thumping Methodist priest who frequents prostitutes when drunk, the old widow high on drugs, the JP who cheats on his wife - all of life is here. An everyday tale of AnyTown folk. The production emphasises these - the Vicar dancing with another man, the Justice with his trousers round his legs (and wearing a tutu), Auntie played as a suit wearing lesbian. The final act was very clever - using moving scenery of walls to show the attitude and anger of the town closing in on Grimes following the death of his second 'prentice.

Gwyn Hughes Jones is a wonderful Grimes. A big hulk of a man, unkempt, rough, but with a desire to be accepted by "polite" society. His aria "the Great Bear and the Pleiades", was perfect. The support is also powerful, especially Alex Otterburn's portrayal of Ned Keene - all black marketeer spiv, wide permanent smile and big lapelled suits. Ellen Orford is sung by Elizabeth Llewellyn, a fine performance especially in the second Act when she despairs of Peter and tries to protect John the apprentice. Martyn Brabbins and the Orchestra were superb, and justly deserved their curtain call.