Shiver me timbers!

Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes” docks at McCarter Theatre Center, beginning Saturday night at 8:00. I hope you’ll join me tomorrow morning on WPRB, as we anticipate the event, the anchor of this year’s Princeton Festival, with a full manifest of music about the sea.

We’ll have works representing Moby Dick, the poetry of Whitman, the sea god Neptune, RMS Titanic, mermaids, pirates and sea shanties.

At 10:00, we’ll be joined by stage director Steven LaCosse, who will talk a little bit about “Peter Grimes,” his creative process, and his long-standing relationship with The Princeton Festival. We’ll also hear excerpts from the opera.

The oaths will be as salty as the briny sea, tomorrow morning from 6 to 11 EDT, on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com. I’ll be making my tattoo dance, on Classic Ross Amico.