Peter Grimes relations with his apprentice to be bordering on paederastic, Pears persuaded Slater to cut the questionable stanzas from the final version. The opera was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Foundations and is "dedicated to the memory of Natalie Koussevitzky", wife of the Russian-born American conductor Serge Koussevitzky. When Joan Cross, who was then manager of the Sadler's Wells company, announced her intention to re-open Sadler's Wells Theatre with "Peter Grimes" with herself and Peter Pears in the leading roles, there were many complaints from company members about supposed favouritism and the "" of Britten's score. Yet when "Peter Grimes" opened
Tilly Grimes the Street with Billy Eichner (2012). There is also a credit as a production designer and as actor. Tilly Grimes Tilly Grimes is a British costume designer for theatre, opera, and film. She works between London, Dublin and New York. She is a guest artist / guest designer at The Juilliard School, New York University, Fordham University, University of Rochester (School of Art & Sciences), The Curtis Institute and Trinity College Dublin. She is co-artistic director of London/Parisian Theatre Company "SavageCharm". Grimes received her Master of Line Arts (MFA) from the New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and