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

By Mark Pullinger, 05 June 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.

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West Horsley

06 Jun 2025

Pountney’s vivid Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park Opera

By Mark Pullinger

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West Horsley

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

By Mark Pullinger, 10 June 2023

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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West Horsley

11 Jun 2023

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

By Mark Pullinger

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Zurich

Ludovic Tézier rules in Andreas Homoki's still socially-distanced Simon Boccanegra in Zurich

By Laura Servidei, 15 December 2021

Andreas Homoki’s production suffers from last season's Covid restrictions, resulting in an alienating, aloof performance, but under the energetic baton of Marco Armiliato, it still proves a very successful musical evening.

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Zurich

16 Dec 2021

Tézier rules in Zurich's still socially-distanced Simon Boccanegra

By Laura Servidei

Zurich

Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

By Sarah Batschelet, 07 June 2017

That both the lead and a second key role were ill and couldn’t sing did not bode well, yet this performance of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera shook up the house nonetheless.

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Zurich

08 Jun 2017

Verdi’s Ballo in Zurich: a danse macabre of pallid beauty

By Sarah Batschelet