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WertherGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 3 |
La distribution vocale donne également pleine satisfaction |
17 Jul 23 / Anaclase |
Into the woods… |
21 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
Cooked to perfection |
21 Jun 23 / The Stage |
ToscaGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 3 |
C’est avec grande passion que les chanteurs déploient leur art dans cette Tosca enflammée |
14 Jul 23 / Anaclase |
A stylish and powerfully sung production of Puccini's most nail biting opera |
17 Jun 23 / CultureWhisper |
Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods |
12 Jun 23 / Bachtrack |
Tristan und IsoldeGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 10 |
À West Horsley Place, la fête continue! |
14 Jul 23 / Anaclase |
Tristan e Isolda en el verano inglés |
28 Jun 23 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Despite some world-class singing, Grange Park Opera’s new Tristan und Isolde misses the boat |
25 Jun 23 / Seen and Heard |
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Wagner meets the pre-Raphaelites at Grange Park Opera |
18 Jun 23 / The Observer |
A magnificent new production of Tristan und Isolde |
15 Jun 23 / The Article |
Peerless singing dominates in Charles Edwards’ smart production |
15 Jun 23 / OperaWire |
To die for |
15 Jun 23 / The Spectator |
Premiere in Grange Park - gefühllose Liebe bis in den Tod - der neue Tristan |
12 Jun 23 / Opera Online (German) |
A magnificent new production of Tristan und Isolde |
11 Jun 23 / The Article |
Death-devoted duo: a superb new Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera |
10 Jun 23 / Bachtrack |
La GiocondaGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 7 |
¡La Gioconda no sonríe! |
21 Jul 22 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
The production, though not especially gripping in itself, is faithful to Ponchielli’s bombast and melodrama |
12 Jul 22 / Opera Today |
Grange Park Opera’s fine playing and singing redeems the almost irredeemable La Gioconda |
6 Jul 22 / Seen and Heard |
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In nüchternen Bildern begeistert musikalisch La Gioconda in Grange Park |
22 Jun 22 / Opera Online (German) |
Venetian skulduggery at Grange Park Opera |
19 Jun 22 / The Article |
Joseph Calleja overcomes COVID to star alongside potent Amanda Echalaz |
16 Jun 22 / OperaWire |
Into the lion's mouth |
13 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
OtelloGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 6 |
David Alden’s Otello for Grange Park Opera is compelling from first note till last |
6 Jul 22 / Seen and Heard |
Iago en cuatro actos |
1 Jul 22 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Handsome performances in Verdi’s Otello from Grange Park Opera |
25 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
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Less is Moor at Grange Park Opera |
21 Jun 22 / Music OMH |
David Alden's brilliant barrack room ballad |
21 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
Verdi’s dark star shines menacingly in Surrey |
21 Jun 22 / The Article |
The Excursions of Mr BroucekGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 7 |
De Praga a la Luna |
4 Jul 22 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Taking the Pils: Grange Park Opera proves that rare Janáček is no small beer |
28 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
Joyous adventures in the absurd |
23 Jun 22 / The Critic |
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A thoroughly enjoyable grand old heap of nothing |
23 Jun 22 / The Spectator |
David Pountney’s production pulls out all the stops for a frankly zany trip from Prague to the moon |
22 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
Janáček’s farcical landlord is a hoot |
19 Jun 22 / The Observer |
Janáček pokes fun at philistines — and anticipates Woke |
15 Jun 22 / The Article |
The Life & Death of Alexander LitvinenkoGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 7 |
A beautiful representation filled with creativity and pieces of information |
27 Jul 21 / Daily Musicroll |
A heartfelt if flawed new opera |
25 Jul 21 / The Observer |
Defying the odds: Litvinenko |
21 Jul 21 / The Article |
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Anthony Bolton’s new opera of assassination and espionage fails to thrill |
21 Jul 21 / OperaWire |
Overlong and anonymous |
17 Jul 21 / iNews |
An impressive achievement |
17 Jul 21 / The Stage |
A thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere |
17 Jul 21 / Bachtrack |
Ivan the TerribleGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 9 |
El otro zar |
1 Jul 21 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Wow, this is good |
1 Jul 21 / The Spectator |
A jewel set in Surrey, Grange Park Opera house was the scene for Rimsky-Korsakov’s drama |
30 Jun 21 / Music OMH |
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Rimsky-Korsakov’s Ivan the Terrible and his daughter evoke our sympathy |
30 Jun 21 / The Article |
Tendentious Stalin parallel mars engaging production of Rimsky-Korsakov opera |
26 Jun 21 / The Star |
A chilling 20th-century update |
26 Jun 21 / iNews |
Ivan the Terrible gets a modern makeover at Grange Park Opera |
21 Jun 21 / Telegraph |
Ivan the Terrible is never going to be mainstream, but that is what festivals are for |
21 Jun 21 / Opera Today |
Ivan not quite so Terrible |
21 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
FalstaffGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 2 |
Trademark high spirits and a genial Falstaff kick off Grange Park Opera’s summer season |
20 Jun 21 / The Observer |
Bryn Terfel is the melancholy anchor in a big-hearted production |
15 Jun 21 / iNews |
La bohèmeGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 2 |
An unsentimental and incisive ‘Bohème’ offers much food for thought |
16 Jun 21 / OperaWire |
Consumption or Covid? |
15 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
L'Heure EspagnoleGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 7 |
A witty, tender new film of Ravel’s one-act farce is a delight |
28 Mar 21 / OperaWire |
GPO turns its hand to Ravel’s clock-shop comedy |
28 Mar 21 / The Observer |
Britischer Humor in spanischer Untermalung |
25 Mar 21 / Opera Online (German) |
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A charming L’heure espagnole from Grange Park Opera |
24 Mar 21 / Opera Today |
Enjoyable adulterous antics from Grange Park Opera and their L’heure espagnole in a London antique clocks shop |
23 Mar 21 / Seen and Heard |
A “Spanish hour” in Kensington with Ravel and Grange Park Opera |
23 Mar 21 / Bachtrack |
A fun take on Ravel's good-time opera |
22 Mar 21 / The Guardian |
Owen WingraveGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 6 |
Beautifully directed by Stephen Medcalf, superbly sung |
20 Dec 20 / The Observer |
A stylish filmed treatment of Britten’s late masterpiece |
15 Dec 20 / OperaWire |
Owen Wingrave is in many ways an operatic companion piece to The Turn of the Screw, matching its psychological intensity |
11 Dec 20 / Opera Today |
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Britten's cinderella opera? |
11 Dec 20 / Bachtrack |
Grange Park Opera’s Owen Wingrave adds mystery to Britten’s meaning |
10 Dec 20 / Seen and Heard |
Grange Park Opera setzt mit ihrer Filmproduktion Owen Wingrave von Benjamin Britten ein starkes |
10 Dec 20 / Opera Online (German) |
A Feast in the Time of PlagueGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 3 |
Ópera en tiempos de COVID: Última cena en la Grange Park Opera |
10 Nov 20 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
A Feast in the Time of Plague may not be the vaccine we hunger for, but is still a considerable achievement |
17 Oct 20 / Seen and Heard |
Grange Park Opera serves up a delicious cast for the world premiere of Alex Woolf and David Pountney’s timely new opera |
20 Sep 20 / The Observer |
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A Feast in the Time of Plague: an opera for our times
This weekend the world gets its first look at an opera commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown. Jansson J. Antmann talks to the librettist and director David Pountney.
This weekend the world gets its first look at an opera commissioned during the COVID-19 lockdown. Jansson J. Antmann talks to the librettist and director David Pountney.
Porgy and BessGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 5 |
Un oasis en medio del racismo gubernamental contemporáneo |
1 Aug 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Midsummer murders |
18 Jun 19 / The Critics' Circle |
The standard of singing is very high, with several principals really standing out |
11 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
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Polished Porgy: Gershwin triumphs in Surrey |
11 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
There can be little excuse to miss this impressive production |
11 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
Hansel und GretelGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 5 |
A very pleasant evening at Grange Park Opera |
6 Jul 19 / London News Online |
A highly musically literate and satisfying evening |
29 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
Revamped fairy tale casts its spell |
26 Jun 19 / Evening Standard |
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Into the Woods |
26 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
As the children, Caitlin Hulcup and Soraya Mafi are outstanding |
25 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
Don CarloGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 7 |
A claustrophobic affair |
27 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
The quality of the playing and the inspired direction were among the evening’s chief pleasures |
18 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
English Summer Opera gets underway |
12 Jun 19 / The Article |
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A satisfying Don Carlo opens Grange Park Opera 2019 |
11 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
Exceptional Don Carlo at Grange Park Opera |
10 Jun 19 / Seen and Heard |
Verdi's Don Carlo returns to Grange Park Opera in Jo Davies & Leslie Travers stylish & imaginative production |
10 Jun 19 / Planet Hugill |
Gripping historical drama, powerfully sung |
8 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
PushkinGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 5 |
This was the best thing so far this summer, and the audience acknowledged so with a standing ovation |
18 Jul 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Pushkin in the Home Counties: does a new Anglo-Russian opera shed light on the famous poet? |
17 Jul 18 / The Calvert Journal |
A flamboyant epic |
15 Jul 18 / The Observer |
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A very moving evening exploring one of Russia’s greatest figures |
14 Jul 18 / Music OMH |
It’s a big show to transport from Moscow for only two performances, and the first-night audience gave it a standing ovation |
13 Jul 18 / Classical Source |
Un Ballo in MascheraGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 9 |
The king is dead! But does anybody care? |
10 Jul 18 / Music OMH |
Verdi's complex opera in its American setting with some strong individual performances |
2 Jul 18 / Planet Hugill |
Claire Rutter gives a performance of scorching intensity as Amelia |
25 Jun 18 / Express |
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A fair, if unremarkable, show |
24 Jun 18 / The Sunday Times |
Grange Park Opera travels to America |
19 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
Country-house Ball: Verdi at Grange Park Opera |
12 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Verdi goes west in uneven horse opera |
12 Jun 18 / Independent |
Grange Park Opera's second season at its new Surrey home opens with Verdi's A Masked Ball |
12 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
Gianluca Marcianò, with the ENO Orchestra, judges the score without any sense of exaggeration |
11 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Roméo et JulietteGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 12 |
Olena Tokar is surely a star in the making |
4 Jul 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Moderne et respectueux |
4 Jul 18 / Forum Opéra |
An elegant new production |
2 Jul 18 / The Observer |
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Gounod's lush score gets the full romantic treatment by the ENO orchestra under conductor Stephen Barlow |
2 Jul 18 / Express |
Romantic love blooms in the lost garden of West Horsley |
29 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Sexy hints of affluence with top notes of fascism |
28 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
Patrick Mason signe une production transposée dans l’Italie des chemises noires |
28 Jun 18 / Anaclase |
One of the pleasures of summer opera is that it always comes up with singers you want to hear more of, |
28 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Juliette bravo |
26 Jun 18 / The Critics' Circle |
A disappointing new staging of Gounod's Shakespeare opera |
26 Jun 18 / What's on Stage |
Making political or sociological points was the last thing on Gounod’s mind |
26 Jun 18 / The Times |
An overly genteel staging of an operatic dud |
26 Jun 18 / Telegraph |
OklahomaGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 3 |
Grange Park Opera travels to America |
19 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
A full-on Freudian Oklahoma! at Grange Park Opera |
14 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
A memorable evening all round |
13 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
Die WalküreGrange Park OperaNo. of reviews: 13 |
The amazing new Grange Park Opera has produced a largely successful Die Walküre |
20 Jul 17 / The Spectator |
From a quiet start Jane Dutton’s strong Brünnhilde developed wonderfully sympathetic resilience |
12 Jul 17 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Prussian militarism and strong personenregie make for an engrossing new production |
10 Jul 17 / Planet Hugill |
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Stephen Barlow captures the urgency and passion of Wagner's extraordinary score |
9 Jul 17 / Express |
Grange Park Opera displays its compelling Die Walküre in its new West Horsley home |
4 Jul 17 / Seen and Heard |
What is the Pitt Rivers Museum doing in Valhalla? |
4 Jul 17 / Music OMH |
In need of more energy |
3 Jul 17 / The Stage |
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Performance schedule
Rachmaninov
6 Jun to 7 Jul 2024
Puccini
6 Jun to 7 Jul 2024
Donizetti
8 Jun to 6 Jul 2024
Janacek
16 Jun to 12 Jul 2024
Bolton
11 to 13 Jul 2024
News & Articles
Grange Park Opera announces its 2022 Season |
Grange Park Opera, Surrey has announced its 2022 season, which will feature operas by Janáček, Ponchielli, Verdi, and Wagner. |
30 Sep 2021 / OperaWire |
Grange Park Opera announces 2021 season |
It’s been a ‘challenging’ year, but what has kept us going is to focus on the future: 2021 at Grange Park Opera, Surrey, 10 June - 17 July 2021. |
6 Aug 2020 / Opera Today |
Grange Park to stage first new opera since lockdown |
The newly commissioned work, A Feast in the Time of Plague, is based on a poetic fragment by Alexander Pushkin, and will be performed at The Theatre in the Woods in September. |
4 Aug 2020 / Opera Now |
Grange Park Opera launches ‘Found Season’ of original performances |
Grange Park Opera, which was due to launch its 2020 summer festival this week, has announced that the show will go in its ‘Found Season’ of live performances. |
2 Jun 2020 / Opera Now |
Grange Park Opera |
A look inside the company's new Surrey home. |
7 Jun 2019 / Evening Standard |