The amazing new Grange Park Opera has produced a largely successful Die Walküre

From a quiet start Jane Dutton’s strong Brünnhilde developed wonderfully sympathetic resilience

Prussian militarism and strong personenregie make for an engrossing new production

Stephen Barlow captures the urgency and passion of Wagner's extraordinary score

Grange Park Opera displays its compelling Die Walküre in its new West Horsley home

What is the Pitt Rivers Museum doing in Valhalla?

In need of more energy

This staging is set amid the display cases of an ancient museum with the Valkyries kitted out as Prussian officers

Grange Park Opera triumphs in the second part of Wagner's Ring cycle

The setting is contrived but Wagner’s characters come across as living, believable people

Very much a director’s staging, but one that Medcalf has applied with great imagination

Museum piece? Stephen Medcalf offers an intriguing Walküre at Grange Park Opera

Wagner’s epic shines in compelling staging with strong cast