A decadent night at the Russian opera: Grange Park Opera Rising Stars in Eugene Onegin

By Emily Owen, 21 September 2012

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Reviewed at Cadogan Hall, London on 20 September 2012

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin

James McOran-Campbell, Eugene Onegin

Ilona Domnich, Tatyana

Anthony Flaum, Lensky

Caryl Hughes, Olga

Alessia Mankovskaya, Madame Larina

Miriam Sharrad, Filippyevna

Matthew Stiff, Prince Gremin

Stephen Medcalf, Director

Toby Purser, Conductor

Taj Mahal by Nishat Khan premieres at Grange Park Opera

David Karlin, 10th July

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

Aleko on the Arno: Bryn Terfel leads fine new GPO double bill

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

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

****1

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

Mark Pullinger, 10th June

Stephen Medcalf gingers up Grange Park Opera’s staging with some deft directorial touches… even if Tosca is denied her final leap.

***11

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

Mark Pullinger, 11th June

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.

***11

Alexander Litvinenko: a thrilling – if imperfect – world premiere

David Karlin, 15th July

Ivor Bolton and Kit Hesketh-Harvey deliver a brilliant political thriller and anti-Putin polemic – at least for its first half.

****1

Consumption or Covid? La bohème at Grange Park Opera

Dominic Lowe, 12th June

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.

***11

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Emily Owen

A postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama specialising in early music, Emily Owen is a freelance soprano, singing with numerous ensembles. She deputises in churches around London and also manages the newly formed London Youth Choir. Her website is here.