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 {…}
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 {…}
Grange Park Opera has announced that opera singer Wynne Evans has been appointed as a trustee. The Welsh artist, who is actually best known for his role as the spoof opera star Gio Compario in the Go Compare Insurance ads, will take on the role with immediate effect. Evans also has a daily show on BBC Radio Wales and has {…}
The Grange Park Opera has announced the 2020 Festival. The season will open with a world premiere of Anthony Bolton and librettist Kit Hesketh-Harvey’s “The Life & Death of Alexander Litvinenko.” The new opera will be based on the true story of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 and died in 2006. The cast will include {…}