Talk:Peter Grimes

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[edit] Development of libretto?

Can anyone remember the magazine--I think it was the New Yorker but am not sure--that had an in-depth article on the development of Grimes's libretto a few years back? Unfortunately the New Yorker has only the more recent issues archived online. I really want to put a proper write-up on this--what we have right now is pretty superficial. But I can't find a reference to the article anywhere. Clues? Dybryd 02:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

You probably found these also, but if not: [1], [2] Fireplace 02:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I had found the Alex Ross review but hadn't thought to look on Usenet. Vickers' changes would be good to mention on the page as well.

Dybryd 07:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I think that Guardian article is tendentious and inaccurate. I have the source that the journalist cites--Humphrey Carpenter's biography--and the picture it paints of the libretto's development is very different from what the journalist suggests. I am inclined to rewrite this section using the bio, rather than this rather flippant article, as a source. Anybody mind? Dybryd 02:31, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I look forward to your re-write. Haiduc 12:31, 15 October 2006 (UTC)