Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Sir Colin Davis Heather Harper (soprano), Richard van Allan (bass), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Patricia Payne (mezzo-soprano), Forbes Robinson (bass), Thomas Allen (baritone), Anne Pashley (soprano), Jonathan Summers (baritone), John Dobson (tenor), John Lanigan (tenor), Teresa Cahill (soprano) Recorded: 1978-04-30 Recording Venue: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London BBC Music MagazineJuly 2011 the cast is fine and the tension cumulative Penguin Guide2010 edition Sir Colin Davis takes a fundamentally darker, tougher view of Peter Grimes than the composer himself. Jon Vickers's powerful, heroic interpretation sheds keen new light on what arguably remains the greatest of Britten's operas...A genuine bargain. The Times10th May 2013 Convincingly dark reading from Covent Garden