Classical music: VSO tackles Britten opera masterpiece Peter Grimes

Peter Grimes
When: June 9 & 11, 8 pm
Where: Orpheum Theatre
Tickets and info: vancouversymphony.caA pair of end-of-an-era concerts is on offer at the VSO. Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony (June 16-18) will mark the official end of Bramwell Tovey’s stint as music director, but before that come two rare concert performances of Benjamin Britten’s landmark opera Peter Grimes.
Doing Grimes in concert is obviously a project very dear to maestro Tovey’s hear