Ahoy! Benjamin Britten’s “Peter Grimes” drops anchor at McCarter Theatre Center this Saturday night at 8:00, for a run of three performances. We’ll be joined on-air at 10:00 this morning by stage director Steven LaCosse, who will tell us all about this exciting new production from The Princeton Festival. We’ll also listen to some excerpts from the opera.

For the rest of the morning, we’ll elaborate on oceanic themes, with music evocative of tall ships, sea shanties, the life aquatic, and the many moods of the sea.

We’ll share the catch of the day until 11:00 EDT on WPRB 103.3 FM and at wprb.com.

PHOTO: Britten (center) and Peter Pears (right) prepare for a BBC film of “Peter Grimes”