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Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

Nishat Khan © Marc Brenner
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.
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Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Sir Bryn Terfel (Gianni Schicchi) © Marc Brenner

An unlikely pairing opens Grange Park Opera's season, the two works united by the dominant central character of each opera – Sir Bryn Terfel.

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Over the top: revamped Tosca returns to the Theatre in the Woods

Izabela Matula (Tosca) © Marc Brenner
Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.
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Into the lion's mouth: Ponchielli's La Gioconda at Grange Park Opera

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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Alexander Litvinenko: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.
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Consumption or Covid? La bohème at Grange Park Opera

Grange Park Opera's revival of its 2015 production of Puccini's La bohème hits some high notes with a very contemporary feel and some excellent singing from its leading ladies.
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Verdi: Falstaff
Gianluca Marcianò; Stephen Medcalf; Grange Park Opera; Jamie Vartan; BBC Concert Orchestra; Grange Park Opera Chorus