An impressive, minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera

Thomas Atkins (Boris) and Natalya Romaniw (Kátya)

Susan Bullock (Kabanicha) and Clive Bayley (Dikój)

Katie Bray (Varvara) and Benjamin Hulett (Kudrjaš)

Natalya Romaniw (Kátya)

Clive Bayley (Dikój) in the storm in Act 3

By David Karlin, 28 June 2024

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“Kátya Kabanová might just contain more gorgeous melodic ideas per minute that any other opera”

Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 27 June 2024

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Grange Park Opera

Stephen Barlow, Conductor

David Alden, Director

Hannah Postlethwaite, Set Designer

Gabrielle Dalton, Costume Designer

The Gascoigne Orchestra

Grange Park Opera Chorus

Natalya Romaniw, Kátya

Thomas Atkins, Boris

Susan Bullock, Kabanicha

Adrian Thompson, Tichon

Clive Bayley, Dikój

Benjamin Hulett, Kudrjaš

Katie Bray, Varvara

Jonathan Kennedy, Kuligin

Rebecca Stockland, Fekluša

Jennifer Statham, Glaša

Lynne Hockney, Choreography

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Alden and Barlow impress in a minimalist Kátya Kabanová at Grange Park Opera