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*****

West Horsley

25. Juni 2026

Utter joy: Grange Park Opera’s new Barbiere is a hit

Von Dominic Lowe

Tavener’s Krishna fails to convince in world premiere at Grange Park Opera

Von Nick Boston, 4. Juni 2026

John Tavener’s “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney’s production.

***11

***11

West Horsley

4. Juni 2026

Tavener’s Krishna fails to convince in world premiere

Von Nick Boston

Love in Khanate: Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin, 10. Juli 2025

Scion of generations of sitar players, Nishat Khan is the perfect person to tell the "greatest love story never told" behind India's most iconic building.

***11

***11

West Horsley

10. Juli 2025

Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin

Sir Simon Keenlyside (Simon Boccanegra) © Marc Brenner

Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra finds a welcome new home at the Theatre in the Woods

Von Mark Pullinger, 5. Juni 2025

Sir David Pountney's 1997 staging for Welsh National Opera is given a welcome new lease of life at Grange Park Opera, splendidly cast... with one major exception.

****1

****1

West Horsley

5. Juni 2025

Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera

Von Mark Pullinger

Brett Polegato (Prospero) © Marc Brenner

Impressive visuals and performances lift a confusing operatic take on The Tempest

Von Nick Boston, 11. Juli 2024

Strong vocal and orchestral performances, supported by impressive visuals, struggle to bring coherency to Anthony Bolton's Island of Dreams at Grange Park Opera.

***11

***11

West Horsley

11. Juli 2024

A confusing operatic take on The Tempest at Grange Park Opera

Von Nick Boston

Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Kátya) © Marc Brenner

Alden and Barlow impress in a minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin, 27. Juni 2024

A memorable performance, with Stephen Barlow conducting Janáček’s remarkable score with vividness and clarity, while David Alden's staging is a masterpiece of "less is more".

****1

****1

West Horsley

27. Juni 2024

An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Von David Karlin

Ginger Costa-Jackson (Charlotte) and Leonardo Capalbo (Werther) © Marc Brenner

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Von David Truslove, 17. Juni 2023

John Doyle's emotional staging of Werther gets to the heart of Massenet's engagement with Goethe in memorable performances.

****1

****1

West Horsley

17. Juni 2023

Werther in the woods: an intense new production at Grange Park Opera

Von David Truslove

Death-devoted duo: a superb new Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook, 8. Juni 2023

Charles Edwards' ambitious production is well served by a strong cast as Grange Park Opera opens its season in the Theatre in the Woods.

****1

****1

West Horsley

8. Juni 2023

Death-devoted duo: a superb Tristan und Isolde at Grange Park Opera

Von Roy Westbrook

Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 11. Juni 2022

No hippos in tutus for The Dance of the Hours, but panto frolics abound in Stephen Madcalf's staging in the idyllic Theatre in the Woods.

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***11

West Horsley

11. Juni 2022

Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

Von Mark Pullinger

Ivan not quite so Terrible: a Rimsky-Korsakov double bill at Grange Park Opera

Von Mark Pullinger, 19. Juni 2021

First marketed as Ivan the Terrible by Serge Diaghilev, Rimsky-Korsakov's first opera The Maid of Pskov makes a rare appearance outside of Russia, in leafy Surrey.

***11

***11

West Horsley

19. Juni 2021

Ivan not quite so Terrible at Grange Park Opera

Von Mark Pullinger

Goosebumps at Garsington: an outstanding, shadowy Turn of the Screw

Von Mark Pullinger, 1. Juli 2019

Director Louisa Muller overcomes the problems of opening a ghost story in natural daylight to deliver plenty of operatic chills.

*****

*****

High Wycombe

1. Juli 2019

Goosebumps at Garsington: an outstanding, shadowy Turn of the Screw

Von Mark Pullinger

Clown court: Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington

Von Matthew Rye, 14. Juni 2019

The UK stage debut of Offenbach’s neglected Fantasio reveals a musical sizzler, but directorially it needs a more sympathetic touch than Garsington musters.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

14. Juni 2019

Clown court: Offenbach's Fantasio at Garsington

Von Matthew Rye

Mixed emotions: a flawed but interesting Don Giovanni from Garsington Opera

Von Mark Valencia, 30. Mai 2019

As a hybrid of brilliance and disappointment, this Don Giovanni is in a class of its own.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

30. Mai 2019

A flawed but interesting Don Giovanni from Garsington Opera

Von Mark Valencia

Shivers up and down the spine: David Sawer's The Skating Rink at Garsington

Von Charlotte Valori, 5. Juli 2018

Tough, thrilling, ambitious and new: The Skating Rink is an exciting new major commission by Garsington, and its world première delivered on every level.

*****

*****

High Wycombe

5. Juli 2018

The Skating Rink: Shivers up and down the spine

Von Charlotte Valori

A gentle, sympathetic Capriccio at Garsington

Von David Karlin, 1. Juni 2018

An affirmation of the importance of cultural values in the face of the abyss, or Richard Strauss fiddling while Europe burnt? Tim Albery's production leaves it to us to decide.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

1. Juni 2018

A gentle, sympathetic Capriccio at Garsington

Von David Karlin

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger, 31. Mai 2018

A twist on the usual Enlightenment path, this is an admirable production, excellently executed.

****1

****1

High Wycombe

31. Mai 2018

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger

Personenregie perfection: Martin Duncan's Il turco in Italia at Garsington

Von David Karlin, 26. Juni 2017

Garsington's latest Rossini buffa is on the nail orchestrally, mixed vocally and one of the best pieces of acting and stage movement you'll see in opera.

****1

****1

High Wycombe

26. Juni 2017

Personenregie perfection: Garsington's Turco in Italia

Von David Karlin

Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

Von Katherine Cooper, 4. Juni 2017

A slick production from the Garsington Opera Company, who use the location of the Wormley Estate to their full advantage.

****1

****1

High Wycombe

4. Juni 2017

Le nozze di Figaro at Garsington

Von Katherine Cooper

All that glitters: Miskimmon's hyperactive Semele opens Garsington’s season

Von Mark Pullinger, 1. Juni 2017

On a golden afternoon on the Wormsley estate, not everything on stage necessarily glittered, but there’s plenty of spirit in Annilese Miskimmon's production to entertain.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

1. Juni 2017

All that glitters: Garsington's Semele

Von Mark Pullinger

Garsington Opera and Rambert: The Creation

Von Graham Watts, 14. Juli 2016

A verdant and heavenly setting for The Creation

****1

****1

High Wycombe

14. Juli 2016

The Creation (Rambert Dance at Garsington)

Von Graham Watts

A stern Father's Day treat: Mozart Idomeneo at Garsington

Von Charlotte Valori, 19. Juni 2016

Mozart's messy monster of an opera gets a brutalist tidy-up at Garsington, but the determinedly straightforward reading only makes this work's innate problems more obvious.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

19. Juni 2016

A stern Father's Day treat: Mozart Idomeneo at Garsington

Von Charlotte Valori

Faux orientalism meets La dolce vita: Garsington's L'italiana in Algeri

Von David Karlin, 4. Juni 2016

The away leg of Rossini's “Italian girl - Turkish guy” fixture makes for a thoroughly enjoyable evening at Garsington, without ever quite bursting into flame.

***11

***11

High Wycombe

4. Juni 2016

Faux orientalism meets La dolce vita

Von David Karlin

Natalya Romaniw's Tatyana the star of a stylish Eugene Onegin at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger, 3. Juni 2016

Michael Boyd's stylish new production is broadly traditional, apart from beyond-the-grave appearances by Lensky.

****1

****1

High Wycombe

3. Juni 2016

A stylish Eugene Onegin at Garsington

Von Mark Pullinger

A Dream devoid of magic: Garsington’s RSC collaboration disappoints

Von Mark Pullinger, 16. Juli 2015

Garsington’s first collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company married an abridgement of Shakespeare’s play with Mendelssohn’s incidental music, a union which promised much but which stumbled awkwardly.

**111

**111

High Wycombe

16. Juli 2015

Garsington's Dream devoid of magic

Von Mark Pullinger

Death in Venice at Garsington

Von Gavin Dixon, 21. Juni 2015

Britten’s final opera given an impressively atmospheric staging, ideally conceived for the small venue

****1

****1

High Wycombe

21. Juni 2015

Death in Venice at Garsington

Von Gavin Dixon

Love's not Time's fool: Intermezzo at Garsington

Von David Karlin, 6. Juni 2015

At Garsington Opera, Richard Strauss' Intermezzo presents an utterly compelling picture of a mature marriage with its joys and trials; Mary Dunleavy brings it to life with a top class piece of acting.

****1

****1

High Wycombe

6. Juni 2015

Love's not Time's fool: Intermezzo at Garsington

Von David Karlin

Wedding chaos, deception and duplicity in Garsington’s Così fan tutte

Von Mark Pullinger, 5. Juni 2015

Weddings bring out the cynic in me. They also bring out the cynic in Don Alfonso and it’s at a wedding breakfast that John Fulljames sets his production of Così fan tutte.

***11