Grange Park Opera are to put on their first (staged) Wagner production - Tristan und Isolde - at this summers festival.
Conductor - Stephen Barlow
Director & Designer - David Fielding
Lighting Design: - Wolfgang Goebbel
King Mark of Cornwall: Clive Bayley
Tristan: Richard Berkeley-Steele
Isolde: Alwyn Mellor
Brangäne: Sara Fulgoni
Kurwenal: Stephen Gadd
Melot: Andrew Rees
A shepherd/a sailor: Richard Roberts
The English Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Fry looks forward to the 2011 Opera Festival at The Grange and discusses Tristan und Isolde, during last years festival.
The Division; personal, honest and very, very brave
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Andrew Kushnir’s new play, The Division, currently playing in the Studio at
Crow’s Theatre, is both a very personal story and an interrogation of some
very...
MTT, An unceasing spring
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“A coda is a musical element at the end of a composition that brings the
whole piece to a conclusion. A coda can vary greatly in length. My life’s
coda i...
RPO/Petrenko - Messiaen, 23 April 2026
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Royal Festival Hall
*Turangalîla-Symphonie *
Steven Osborne (piano)
Cécile Lartigau (ondes Martenot)
1927 Studios (animation)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, Tokyo Harusai, 19.04.2026
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If we have in mind that Puccini operas are so popular, it is surprising
when we stop and think how rare truly inspiring performances of his works
can be, e...
An old and very fragrant red rose
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This very old red rose was transplanted into my garden to save it from a
renovators wrecking ball a couple of years ago when the house it was
planted nex...
NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants
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The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young
singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the
Wag...
The Future
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Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I
hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone
he ded...
Lahti
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I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius
Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's
revelatory B...
Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018!
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Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE
ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19
Season open...