Tag Archives: Thomas Isherwood

Rheingold, Grange Park Opera, July 2026

Posted on 8 July 2026

Wagner’s Ring is well suited to summer music festivals, and Grange Park Opera in Surrey have now begun their own cycle this summer with a very effective Rheingold. The representation of the gods in costumes from the Classical world is arguably the best I’ve seen, and the conducting was excellent — see my review in …

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Tristan und Isolde, Grange Park Opera, June 2023

Posted on 13 June 2023

A magnificent new production of Tristan und Isolde, with set designs based on Wagner’s own, opened the season at Grange Park Opera this summer. Its previous staging was seven years ago in Hampshire, before they moved to their new home at West Horsley Place in Surrey. As a musical experience this was mesmerising under the …

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