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The Queen of SpadesThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Y en Arcadia….¡Dama de Picas! |
 30 Jun 23 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Electrifying |
| 29 Jun 23 / The Spectator |
Visually seductive and strikingly arresting |
| 27 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
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Curran tells the tale straight, which is no bad thing, though the dramatic gestures are fairly blunt |
| 26 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
Obsession at The Grange: powerful singing and gothic drama in The Queen of Spades |
| 25 Jun 23 / Bachtrack |
Orfeo ed EuridiceThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
An engaging & ultimately touching evening |
| 27 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
A double bill of Gluck and Purcell which dances, ducks and dives at The Grange Festival |
| 12 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
Dido and AeneasThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
An engaging & ultimately touching evening |
| 27 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
A double bill of Gluck and Purcell which dances, ducks and dives at The Grange Festival |
| 12 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
Così fan tutteThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Stylish performances all round in a winning account of Mozart's Cosi fan tutte at The Grange Festival that engages as well as questions |
| 20 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
Fine, probing and beautifully sung |
| 15 Jun 23 / Seen and Heard |
There is a definite ear for music |
| 15 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
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Probing and insightful staging is wonderfully conducted by Karabits |
| 11 Jun 23 / The Guardian |
The Yeomen of the GuardThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Style and substance: a fascinating & engaging account of The Yeomen of the Guard |
| 11 Jul 22 / Planet Hugill |
Confident and stylish |
| 5 Jul 22 / The Stage |
TamerlanoThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Nella produzione del Grange Festival si impongono Raffaele Pe (Tamerlano) e Paul Nilon (Bajazet) |
| 1 Jul 22 / Connessi all'Opera |
Handel’s sadistic psychopath gains deadly charisma in stylish update |
| 14 Jun 22 / The Guardian |
Superb singing but somewhat staid production |
| 14 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
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Tension accumulates in Handel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival |
| 14 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
MacbethThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
The Grange Festival bewitches with Verdi’s ‘Macbeth’ |
| 28 Jun 22 / The Article |
Pasiones estentóreas e irresistibles |
| 28 Jun 22 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Thrilling Macbeth from the Grange Festival |
| 15 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
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Kilts in the library |
| 14 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
La CenerentolaThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Wonderfully satisfying: a very stylish production of Rossini's La Cenerentola |
| 12 Jul 21 / Planet Hugill |
La Cenerentola, Opéra et technologie au Grange Festival |
| 10 Jul 21 / Olyrix |
Rossini y Puccini en la Inglaterra profunda |
| 8 Jul 21 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
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The Grange Festival gives us another hit with La Cenerentola |
| 2 Jul 21 / Music OMH |
Manon LescautThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Rossini y Puccini en la Inglaterra profunda |
| 8 Jul 21 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
First-rate singing but Puccini’s masterpiece falters |
| 30 Jun 21 / The Guardian |
The production was an impressive achievement |
| 29 Jun 21 / Opera Today |
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Elin Pritchard a sensational Manon Lescaut at The Grange Festival |
| 29 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Musically, a first-rate Midsummer Night’s Dream from The Grange Festival |
| 4 Jul 21 / Opera Today |
Rough-edged but recognizably Britten’s creation, this show has gone on against the odds |
| 1 Jul 21 / The Arts Desk |
A rainy night in Hampshire was more than a Midsummer Night’s dream |
| 29 Jun 21 / Music OMH |
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Live and recorded enchantments: Grange Festival opens with Britten's Dream |
| 29 Jun 21 / Bachtrack |
PagliacciThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 1 | |
This Pagliacci was an impressive achievement with much standout singing |
| 16 Dec 20 / Opera Today |
Le nozze di FigaroBarbican, LondonNo. of reviews: 1 | |
Richard Egarr leads a very involving concert performance of Le nozze di Figaro |
| 9 Jul 19 / Seen and Heard |
BelshazzarThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 7 | |
What a treat to see members of The Sixteen letting their hair down |
| 29 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
Grange Festival delivers the first British staging of Handel’s Belshazzar |
| 26 Jun 19 / The Article |
Superb UK return for Handel's biblical oratorio |
| 24 Jun 19 / The Guardian |
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Cycle of history: Daniel Slater's imaginative staging of Handel's Belshazzar at Grange Festival |
| 24 Jun 19 / Planet Hugill |
A remarkable achievement for a Festival in only its third year |
| 24 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
A conspicuous success for the increasingly rewarding habit of theatres to stage Handel’s Biblical epics |
| 22 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
Grange Festival hits the bull’s-eye with this enthralling show |
| 22 Jun 19 / Telegraph |
Le nozze di FigaroThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
Very rewarding |
| 16 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
A classy Figaro at The Grange Festival |
| 12 Jun 19 / Opera Today |
You would have to be very cynical indeed not to be happy with this production |
| 11 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
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Matrimonial mayhem |
| 11 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
FalstaffThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 4 | |
The Grange Festival's Falstaff hits all the right notes |
| 13 Jun 19 / Bachtrack |
The Grange Festival has created a production which understands and respects the composer’s view |
| 12 Jun 19 / Music OMH |
Sheer enjoyment |
| 12 Jun 19 / Planet Hugill |
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A glossy, uproarious spectacle |
| 9 Jun 19 / Classical Source |
CandideThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
The Grange Festival’s 2018 season ended, quite deservedly, with a standing ovation |
| 11 Jul 18 / Music OMH |
A memorable evening at a unique venue |
| 10 Jul 18 / Classical Source |
Die Entführung aus dem SerailThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 7 | |
John Copley’s production of this knockabout comedy works like a charm |
| 4 Jul 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Comedy is slapstick |
| 2 Jul 18 / Express |
A silly posh panto |
| 28 Jun 18 / The Spectator |
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As always with a Copley production, the focus is on the singers and the interactions between them |
| 28 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival |
| 26 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Those for whom opera is primarily a matter of fine singing will have had a treat in this Entführung |
| 26 Jun 18 / Opera Today |
John Copley has done what he does best, which is to try to get close to honouring the composer’s intentions |
| 26 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
AgrippinaThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 10 | |
Artistic director, Michael Chance, has a dazzling hit on his hands |
| 24 Jun 18 / The Sunday Times |
A stunning Agrippina |
| 18 Jun 18 / Music OMH |
In the second year at its home in Hampshire the Grange Festival has produced another baroque hit |
| 18 Jun 18 / Express |
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Super performances, notably by Italian soprano Anna Bonitatibus as the deceptive and duplicitous Agrippina |
| 13 Jun 18 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Agrippina triumphs at The Grange Festival |
| 12 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
Rushes along as if there’s no tomorrow |
| 12 Jun 18 / Independent |
This cracking production could have been written for the box-set age |
| 12 Jun 18 / The Times |
It actually left the audience wanting more |
| 11 Jun 18 / Telegraph |
Classy dissection of political chicanery |
| 11 Jun 18 / The Guardian |
A mischievous – if also somewhat self-deprecating – triumph for the Grange Festival |
| 9 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Il barbiere di SivigliaThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 2 | |
Ludicrous, but brilliant |
| 12 Jun 18 / Bachtrack |
A clumsy sixth-form attempt to ape Monty Python-style surrealism |
| 11 Jun 18 / Classical Source |
Mansfield ParkThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 5 | |
Grange Festival delivers an engaging Mansfield Park by Jonathan Dove |
| 19 Sep 17 / Bachtrack |
Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park made a timely appearance, in operatic form |
| 19 Sep 17 / Opera Today |
Nice tea-time entertainment if you don't know the book |
| 19 Sep 17 / Telegraph |
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A finely crafted, instantly attractive opera |
| 19 Sep 17 / Classical Source |
Jane Austen’s novel proves intractable material for Jonathan Dove’s derivative operatic setting |
| 19 Sep 17 / The Stage |
Albert HerringThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Herring was the standout production of its first season |
| 15 Jul 17 / The Observer |
The opera’s innocent pleasures get an expansive airing |
| 4 Jul 17 / Independent |
Britten’s opera feels still feels fresh after 70 years |
| 28 Jun 17 / Financial Times |
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Gentle humour, period detail and a terrifying Lady Billows |
| 27 Jun 17 / The Guardian |
Everything perfectly comes together in this gem of a production |
| 27 Jun 17 / Classical Source |
The cast was a true ensemble one, without a weak link in its golden chain |
| 27 Jun 17 / Music OMH |
A real comedy of character, strong characterisations depicted with affectionate warmth |
| 26 Jun 17 / Planet Hugill |
John Copley directs a peach of an Albert Herring for Grange Festival |
| 26 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
CarmenThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Carmen au Kärcher |
| 7 Jul 17 / Forum Opéra |
A striking Carmen at The Grange Festival |
| 20 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
A perverse production |
| 18 Jun 17 / Daily Mail |
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In the pit, Jean-Luc Tingaud brought a real sense of style |
| 17 Jun 17 / Opera Today |
There are glints of mischief and dark magic here |
| 17 Jun 17 / The Times |
Acute insights |
| 17 Jun 17 / The Stage |
The evening’s musical credentials are strong |
| 17 Jun 17 / Music OMH |
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patriaThe Grange FestivalNo. of reviews: 8 | |
Strong performances from the two leads at the centre of this vibrantly theatrical account of Monteverdi's late opera |
| 26 Jun 17 / Planet Hugill |
The musical direction is the chief joy of the evening |
| 26 Jun 17 / Music OMH |
Anna Bonitatibus, in sublime voice, conveys the implacable nobility of Penelope |
| 19 Jun 17 / Express |
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A mixed affair |
| 17 Jun 17 / The Stage |
A bold and innovative launch to the new Grange Festival, let down by some sketchy characterisations and teething problems |
| 17 Jun 17 / The Times |
A new festival opens at the former home of Grange Park Opera |
| 17 Jun 17 / What's on Stage |
The staging's shallow, but the singing's superb |
| 17 Jun 17 / Telegraph |
Monteverdi's greatness shines |
| 17 Jun 17 / The Guardian |
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Performance schedule
Monteverdi
7 to 22 Jun 2024
Puccini
8 to 30 Jun 2024
Stravinsky
23 Jun to 6 Jul 2024
News & Articles
| The Grange Festival announces its 2022 season |
Gëzym Myshketa and Raffaele Pe headline The Grange Festival’s 2022 season. |
| 22 Nov 2021 / OperaWire |
| The Grange Festival presents Precipice |
On 21, 22 and 23 August 2020, The Grange Festival will present Precipice, an outdoor immersive promenade performance using the many varied natural stages offered by the buildings and gardens at The Grange in Hampshire. |
| 1 Aug 2020 / Opera Today |
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