Grange Park Opera
Bamber Gascoigne, former University Challenge quizmaster, dies at 87
Presenter who hosted quizshow for 25 years dies at his home after a short illness
Harriet Sherwood
08, Feb, 2022 @12:46 PM
It’s a World Cup opera … starring 100 fans who already know the score
Gods of the Game celebrates the stars and the drama of international football – and will feature a chorus of real fans
Harriet Sherwood
29, Jan, 2022 @6:00 PM
The week in classical: LSO/Rattle; Gianni Schicchi – review
Exile is the potent theme of a stirring performance of Julian Anderson’s new work. And Grange Park Opera put the glee in Puccini
Fiona Maddocks
15, Jan, 2022 @12:30 PM
The Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko review – a heartfelt if flawed new opera
Former banker Anthony Bolton duly invests and borrows for his opera based on Marina Litvinenko’s account of her husband’s murder
Fiona Maddocks
24, Jul, 2021 @11:30 AM
The week in classical: Falstaff; Hallé; Leipzig BachFest; Dunster festival – review
Trademark high spirits and a genial Falstaff kick off Grange Park Opera’s summer season. Plus online treasures great and small
Fiona Maddocks
19, Jun, 2021 @11:30 AM
The week in classical: Classical Vauxhall; L'Heure Espagnole – review
Fresh performances of Shostakovich and Beethoven open Classical Vauxhall’s mini-festival, while GPO turns its hand to Ravel’s clock-shop comedy
Fiona Maddocks
27, Mar, 2021 @12:30 PM
The week in classical: Fidelio; Così fan tutte; Owen Wingrave; Cinderella and more
Opera North’s gripping Beethoven led a week of inventive filmed opera, from Così the gameshow to Cinders out on location
Fiona Maddocks
19, Dec, 2020 @12:00 PM
Lord Ashburton obituary
Banker who guided Barings through the City big bang and served as a calming chairman of BP
Martin Adeney
09, Oct, 2020 @4:58 PM
The week in classical: A Feast in the Time of Plague; Fidelio; Alban Gerhardt and Markus Becker – review
Grange Park Opera serves up a delicious cast for the world premiere of Alex Woolf and David Pountney’s timely new opera
Fiona Maddocks
19, Sep, 2020 @11:00 AM
Opera about Alexander Litvinenko murder to premiere in UK in July
‘For me is about justice,’ says widow explaining why she is happy to see operatic retelling
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
24, Feb, 2020 @6:42 PM
The week in classical: The Hunting Gun; Tenebrae; Cendrillon; Don Carlo – review
Everything is in the sinewy detail of Thomas Larcher’s superb 2018 opera
Fiona Maddocks
15, Jun, 2019 @11:00 AM
The week in classical: Falstaff; The Skating Rink; Pushkin – review
Bryn Terfel is a magnificent Falstaff in a fine revival at Covent Garden. Elsewhere, two opera world premieres
Fiona Maddocks
14, Jul, 2018 @12:00 PM
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