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Grange Park Opera to Present Filmed ‘Owen Wingrave’ As Part of Fall 2020 Season

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Grange Park Opera has announced that it will be filming Benjamin Britten’s “Owen Wingrave,” with audiences able to view the work between September and December 2020. The opera will be filmed on location in haunted houses throughout Surrey and London. “The opera requires a dozen interiors, which are well-nigh impossible to achieve on a theatre stage. However, filmed on location, {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Carl Tanner, & Natalya Romaniw Headline Grange Park Opera, Surrey’s 2021 Season

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(Credit: Patrick Allen) Grange Park Opera, Surrey has announced its 2021 season, comprised of fan-favorite works, renowned artists, and more. The season will also see the world premiere of Anthony Bolton’s new work “The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko,” which was originally scheduled to premiere this year. Verdi’s “Falstaff” will open featuring Bryn Terfel, Natalya Romaniw, Janis Kelly, and {…}

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Joseph Calleja, Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside Headline Grange Park Opera’s ‘Found’ Season

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Grange Park Opera has announced the official program for its 2020 “Found Season.” For this article, our focus will be on opera and vocal performances. Claire Booth and pianist Christopher Glynn performed Poulenc’s “La Voix Humaine.” Streaming Date: June 4, 2020  Bryn Terfel and Hannah Stone performed a recital from home. Streaming Date: June 6, 2020 Tenor Wynne Evans will {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, Joseph Calleja Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2020 Digital Season

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(Image Sources: Aksanas Holt / Harlequin) Grange Park Opera, Surrey is set to launch a season of entirely new work which will be available online for free at the company’s official website. Starting on June 4 and through June 12, the company will showcase 15 performances available online featuring over 70 of the world’s leading singers and musicians. Among them {…}

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Grange Park Opera to World Premiere Rediscovered Opera by Sir John Tavener

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Grange Park Opera has recently discovered a previously unperformed work by composer Sir John Tavener and is set to provide it with its world premiere in 2024. Tavener is one of the most acclaimed British composers of the post-war era and his final opera, “Krishna” has now been uncovered after 14 years in manuscript form. The company will undertake the {…}

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Grange Park Opera, Glyndebourne Festival & Other Summer Festivals in Doubt

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COVID-19 is set to affect summer festivals this year. With the majority of companies having canceled the final portion of their 2019-20 season, most expectations were on summer festivals and artists returning to the stage. However, those hopes seem to be dwindling for some festivals. Today, March 17, 2020, the Grange Opera Park in the U.K. announced the festival was {…}

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Grange Festival Announces 2020 Season, Including Community Opera

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The Grange Festival has announced its 2020 season which will feature a number of major operas and even its first fully-stage community opera. The season kicks off with a production of “La Cenerentola” by director Stephen Barlow and conductor David Parry. Josè Maria Lo Monaco takes on the lead role with Nico Darmanin as the prince. Performance Dates: June 5-July 2, 2020 {…}

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OperaVision Preview 2019: Handel’s ‘Agrippina’ From The Grange Festival

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OperaVision will present a live stream of Handel’s “Agrippina” from The Grange Festival on June 6, 2019. The stream kicks off at 7 p.m. local time. That’s around 1 p.m. EDT and 10 a.m. PST for the start time. It will be available for repeat viewings on Opera Vision until Dec. 12, 2019. The opera features Ashley Riches, Anna Bonitatibus, {…}