The Grange Festival - Belshazzar Reviews
27 April 2024
Robert Murray (Belshazzar), Chorus
Claire Booth (Nitocris), Robert Murray (Belshazzar), Chorus
Henry Waddington (Gobrias) and Christopher Ainslie (Cyrus)
James Laing (Daniel), Chorus
Robert Murray (Belshazzar), Acrobats

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Belshazzar

The Grange Festival


No. 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
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
Production details
Cast
Murray, Booth, Ainslie, Laing, Waddington
(c) Christophers (d) Slater
Performance dates
20, 22, 28 June, 4, 6 July 2019
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