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)

By David Karlin, 11 July 2025

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

Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 10 July 2025

Khan, Taj Mahal

Grange Park Opera

George Jackson, Conductor

Stephen Medcalf, Director

Yannis Thavoris, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Tim Mitchell, Lighting Designer

The Gascoigne Orchestra

Grange Park Opera Chorus

Hayley Egan, Video

Caspar Singh, Shah Jahan

Julia Sitkovetsky, Mumtaz Mahal

Elizabeth Karani, Jahanara

Ross Ramgobin, Aurangzeb, Jahangir

Victoria Simmonds, Nur Jahan

Seeta Patel, Movement

Nishat Khan, Sitar

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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.

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