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Tavener's Krishna fails to convince in world premiere at Grange Park Opera

Brett Polegato (Krishna)
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Eliran Kadussi (Krishna as adolescent)
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Krishna at Grange Park Opera
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Krishna at Grange Park Opera
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Nazan Fikret (Rukmini) and Julia Sitkovetsky (Radha as woman)
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“has Tavener’s memory has been ultimately serviced by staging this fundamentally flawed piece”
Reviewed at The Theatre in the Woods, West Horsley on 4 June 2026
Tavener, Krishna
Grange Park Opera
Mark Shanahan, Conductor
Sir David Pountney, Director
Rachana Jadhav, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tim Mitchell, Lighting Designer
The Gascoigne Orchestra
Grange Park Opera Chorus
Ross Ramgobin, Celestial Narrator
Sara Fulgoni, Bhumi, Yashodi
Rosa Sparks, Krishna as a child
Eliran Kadussi, Krishna as an adolescent
Elgan Llŷr Thomas, Krishna as a young man
Brett Polegato, Krishna as a man
Julia Sitkovetsky, Radha
Nazan Fikret, Rukmini
Jennifer Statham, Mezzo-soprano
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