Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

Nishat Khan

Caspar Singh (Shah Jahan) and Julia Sitkovetsky (Mumtaz Mahal)

Ross Ramgobin (Jahangir)

Caspar Singh (Shah Jahan)

Caspar Singh (Shah Jahan) and Julia Sitkovetsky (Mumtaz Mahal)

Por David Karlin, 11 julio 2025

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“Hayley Egan has produced the most jaw-dropping video I have ever seen in an opera house”

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Khan, Taj Mahal

Grange Park Opera

George Jackson, Dirección

Stephen Medcalf, Dirección de escena

Yannis Thavoris, Diseño de escena, Diseño de vestuario

Tim Mitchell, Diseño de iluminación

The Gascoigne Orchestra

Grange Park Opera Chorus

Hayley Egan, Videoarte

Caspar Singh, Shah Jahan

Julia Sitkovetsky, Mumtaz Mahal

Elizabeth Karani, Jahanara

Ross Ramgobin, Aurangzeb, Jahangir

Victoria Simmonds, Nur Jahan

Seeta Patel, Movimiento

Nishat Khan, Sitar

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