A knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival

Par Mark Pullinger, 25 juin 2018

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“Jonathan Lemalu plumbed the bass depths well as the irascible grump, Osmin”

Critique faite à The Grange, Alresford, le 24 juin 2018

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (L'Enlèvement au sérail) (Sung in English)

The Grange Festival

Jean-Luc Tingaud, Direction

John Copley, Mise en scène

Tim Reed, Décors

Kiandra Howarth, Konstanze

Daisy Brown, Blonde

Ed Lyon, Belmonte

Paul Curievici, Pedrillo

Jonathan Lemalu, Osmin

Alexander Andreou, Bassa Selim

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Die Fledermaus at The Grange: Cabaret meets G&S

David Karlin, 20th June

A fine singing cast gives creditable performances in Johann Stauss II's most famous operetta, but Paul Curran's updating of Act 2 to 1930s Berlin takes the fizz out of the Champagne.

***11

The Rake's Progress at The Grange: richly entertaining

David Karlin, 23rd June

Singing performances are excellent, the staging is well crafted and Stravinsky's eclectic score entertains from start to finish. But it's an evening's opera that doesn't touch the soul.

****1

L’incoronazione di Poppea vividly brought to life at the Grange

David Truslove, 7th June

Terrific music making with a light directorial touch brings mixed results to Monteverdi's 1643 masterpiece.

***11

Obsession at The Grange: The Queen of Spades

David Karlin, 23rd June

In a setting that might be The Grange itself, a production which steadily tightens its grip until a blistering finish.

*****

A stylish Così fan tutte at The Grange Festival

David Truslove, 16th June

Entertainment ideal for country house opera-goers, enhanced by some fine singing and excellent playing from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

****1

Tension accumulates in Handel’s Tamerlano at The Grange Festival

David Truslove, 10th June

Some exceptional singing intermittently enlivens Daniel Slater's production which, dramatically and emotionally, takes time to ignite.

***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Harem capers: Copley directs a knockabout Seraglio at Grange Festival