Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Brett Polegato, Otar Jorjikia, James Rutherford, Ginger Costa-Jackson Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2026 Season

Grange Park Opera has announced its 2026 summer season, running from June 4 through July 12 at its West Horsley Place opera house in Surrey. The season opens with the world premiere of Sir John Tavener’s “Krishna,” a mystic pantomime blending dance, ritualised tableaux, and an ethereal sound world built around eight flutes. Sir David Pountney directs. The cast features {…}

Dec 21, 2025

Houston Grand Opera & Grange Park Opera Announce Collaboration for World Premiere of ‘Krishna’

Houston Grand Opera has announced a new partnership with Grange Park Opera to co-produce Sir John Tavener’s “Krishna.” The work will receive its world premiere at Grange Park Opera in June 2026, followed by its American premiere, in an expanded production, at the Houston Grand Opera during the 2027-28 season. The new work recounts the life of its titular Hindu {…}

Jun 16, 2025

Grange Park Opera Announces ‘Ring’ Partnership with ENO Orchestra

Grange Park Opera has announced that it will partner with the English National Opera’s Orchestra to present its previously announced “Ring Cycle” in 2026-30. The two organizations are collaborating this season for “Mazeppa” and Grange Park Opera Founder Wasfi Kani CBE remarked his enthusiasm with regards to the partnership. “During this 2025 season, the magnificent orchestra of English National Opera {…}

Mar 25, 2025

Simon Keenlyside, Hye-Youn Lee, David Stout, Hanif Khan Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2025 Season

Grange Park Opera has announced its 2025 summer slate. First up is “Simon Boccanegra” starring Sir Simon Keenlyside, Elin Pritchard, Otar Jorjikia, and James Creswell. Gianluca Marciano and Mark Shanahan conduct a production by David Pountney; Robin Tebbutt is the revival director. Per the company’s official website, Keenlyside’s performances are sponsored by Ruth Markland and “Come in quest’ora bruna” is {…}

Oct 30, 2024

Grange Park Opera & English National Opera Team Up for ‘Mazeppa’ in Summer 2025

Grange Park Opera and the English National Opera have announced a new partnership. The partnership kicks off this summer with a June 14, 2025 production of “Mazeppa” with the Orchestra of the English National Opera and former Music Director Martyn Brabbins. Sir David Poutney directs. The Tchaikovsky opera has only appeared a handful of times in the U.K. with its {…}

May 20, 2024

Grange Park Opera Announces New ‘The Ring Cycle’

The Grange Park Opera has announced that it will present Wagner’s “The Ring Cycle between 2026 and 2029. The company said that it will showcase a production by Charles Edwards that will begin in 2026 with “Das Rheingold” followed by “Die Walküre” in 2027. “Siegfried” will be showcased in 2028 and in 2029 “Götterdämmerung” will conclude the cycle. In a {…}

May 9, 2024

Sir Bryn Terfel, Julia Sitkovetsky, Susan Bullock Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2024 Festival Season

Grange Park Opera has unveiled its programming for 2024. First up is a double bill of “Aleko” and “Gianni Schicchi,” both headlined by Sir Bryn Terfel. He is joined in the Rachmaninoff opera with Ailish Tynan, Luis Gomes, Robert Winslade Anderson, and Sara Fulgoni. In “Schicchi” other cast members include Pasquale Orchard, Luis Gomes, and Sara Fulgoni, among others. Gianluca {…}

Jun 15, 2023

Grange Park Opera 2023 Review: Tristan und Isolde

(Photo: Marc Brenner) “Tristan und Isolde” isn’t an opera generally known for its laughs. Indeed, sniggers from the audience generally indicates that something has gone drastically wrong in the direction department with this particular work. But in the this new production from Grange Park Opera, just outside of London, a sprinkling of giggles and smiles are testament to the zippy {…}

Feb 15, 2023

Gwyn Hughes Jones, Izabela Matula, Leonardo Capalbo, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Rachel Nicholls Headline Grange Park Opera’s 2023 Season

Grange Park Opera has announced its summer 2023 slate. The company will feature three operas between June 8 – July 12, 2023. First up is Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” The opera will be directed by Charlie Edwards with Gwyn Hughes Jones and Rachel Nicholls as the star-crossed lovers. Joining them will be Christine Rice as Brangäne and David Stout as {…}

Dec 7, 2021

Grange Park Opera To Present Film Version of ‘Gianni Schicchi’

(Credit: Richard Lewisohn) The Grange Park Opera has announced that it will present a film version of Puccini’s comic masterpiece “Gianni Schicchi.” “Though the real Donati family and Schicchi lived in the early 1300s, and Puccini set his opera at that time, we are depicting a greedy family and a rogue of today. However, our Schicchi is a loveable rogue, {…}

Nov 24, 2021

Grange Park Opera to Stream ‘The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko’

Grange Park Opera is set to stream its production of “The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko” on Nov. 26, 2021. The opera was composed by Anthony Bolton and features a libretto by Kit Hesketh-Harvey. The opera starred Adrian Dwyer, Rebecca Bottone, Stephan Loges, James Laing, Olivia Ray, and Edmund Danon. Stephen Barlow conducted a production by Stephen Medcalf. OperaWire’s {…}