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The Grange Festival 2026 Review: La Clemenza di Tito

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(Photo: Connor Apps) The Grange Festival is an arts charity presenting concerts each summer in the historic Grade I-listed neo-classical mansion, The Grange, located in Hampshire. Dating back to the 1660s when a brick mansion was built on site, The Grange since then has belonged to a list of successors including royalty and bankers who have contributed to the architectural {…}
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The Grange Festival to Present ‘The Soul of Opera’

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The Grange Festival is set to present “The Soul of Opera” on July 2 and 3, 2026. The concert, set to take the stage at at The Grange Festival in Hampshire, blends opera with soul, jazz, and gospel, drawing inspiration from Aretha Franklin’s 1998 Grammy Awards performance of “Nessun Dorma,” in which she stepped in for Luciano Pavarotti. The performance {…}
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The Grange Festival Announces ‘Family Open Day’

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(Credit: Connor Apps) The Grange Festival will open its doors to families for its annual “Family Open Day” on Saturday, May 16, offering children and their families a behind-the-scenes look at one of the UK’s leading summer opera festivals. Supported by Phillips Law and set against the backdrop of The Grange’s historic house and gardens in Hampshire, the event is {…}
Business, News

The Grange Festival Names New Chair to Board of Trustees

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The Grange Festival has announced the appointment of Malcolm Le May as the new Chair of its Board of Trustees. Le May, who previously served as Deputy Chair and has been a long-standing Trustee of the Festival, succeeds Sir Richard Mantle, who announced last October that he would step down from the role in 2026. “I am delighted and honored to {…}
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Grange Festival Adds Performance of ‘Eugene Onegin’

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The Grange Festival has announced an additional performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” on June 30, responding to exceptional demand during its member pre-sale and first day of public booking. Opening day sales for the 2026 season surpassed all previous records, registering 43 percent above the prior year’s figures, which had themselves set a benchmark. The new “Eugene Onegin” production is {…}
News, Season Announcement

Isabela Diaz, Tim Mead, Jeremy Ovenden, Sarah Brady Star in Grange Festival 2026 Season

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(© Silvana Robert & Máximo Parpagnol) The Grange Festival today unveiled its 2026 season. This article only features opera events. Opera First up is Handel’s “Giulio Cesare” by director David Alden. Tim Mead makes his festival debut in the title role. Sarah Brady, Hugh Cutting, Jess Dandy, Zheng Jiang, James Atkinson, and Owen Willetts are among the cast. Christian Curnyn {…}
Business, News

The Grange Festival Teams Up with Laidlaw Opera Trust for New Audience Building Partnership

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The Laidlaw Opera Trust will partner with The Grange Festival to help the organization build audiences, attract younger opera goers, and utilize data systems to help with its outreach. The two started working together in 2025 with Laidlaw Opera Trust providing the Festival with a data-led audience recruitment campaign and recruited new skills into the team. Other tactics included offering {…}
Business, News

Guy Verrall-Withers Leaves Waterperry Opera Festival for The Grange Festival

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The Grange Festival has announced that Guy Verrall-Withers will be the company’s new Director of Audiences and Impact. In his new role, Verrall-Withers, who is the Artistic Director and CEO of Waterperry Opera Festival, will focus on developing audiences and public engagement as well as expanding the festival’s reach. Supporting him in this effort will be Artistic Director Michael Chance {…}

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