The Rake's Progress at The Grange: richly entertaining

Alexandra Oomens (Anne Trulove) and Adam Temple-Smith (Tom Rakewell)

Michael Mofidian (Nick Shadow)

Adam Temple-Smith (Tom Rakewell) and Rosie Aldridge (Baba the Turk)

Alexandra Oomens (Anne Trulove)

Michael Mofidian (Nick Shadow) and Adam Temple-Smith (Tom Rakewell)

By David Karlin, 24 June 2024

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“from the moment Michael Mofidian came on stage as Nick, there was only going to be one winner”

Reviewed at The Grange, Alresford on 23 June 2024

Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress

The Grange Festival

Thomas Primrose, Conductor

Antony McDonald, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Peter Mumford, Lighting Designer

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Grange Festival Chorus

Adam Temple-Smith, Tom Rakewell

Michael Mofidian, Nick Shadow

Alexandra Oomens, Anne Trulove

Rosie Aldridge, Baba the Turk

Darren Jeffery, Trulove

Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Mother Goose

John Graham-Hall, Sellem

Armand Rabot, Keeper of the madhouse

Lucy Burge, Movement

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

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

Kilts in the library: Macbeth opens The Grange Festival

Dominic Lowe, 9th June

Murder in the library? No, this isn't a re-run of Poirot, but a new production of Verdi's Macbeth to open The Grange Festival's 2022 season.

***11

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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.

The Rake's Progress at The Grange Festival: richly entertaining, but is there soul?