George Gershwin
With songs such as Summertime, It Ain’t Necessarily So and I Got Plenty of Nuttin', Gershwin created an indisputable masterpiece. Porgy (Musa Ngqungwana) tries to rescue Bess (Laquita Mitchell) from the twin threats of her abusive partner and her drug dealer. Will Porgy’s love be enough to conquer Bess’s demons? The odds are stacked against him, but that won’t stop the noble Porgy from trying...
Engelbert Humperdinck
The forest is a dark place – as Hänsel & Gretel discover when they go to pick strawberries and end up as potential dessert themselves. It might be a fairy tale, but Engelbert Humperdinck’s opera presents the haunting themes of the unsettling Grimm story with a good dollop of icing on the cake – together with enchanting music.
Giuseppe Verdi
A bitter father-son rivalry ignites in the Spanish court in the grip of the malign Inquisition when Don Carlo (tenor Leonardo Capalbo) finds that his intended bride, Elisabetta (American Marina Costa-Jackson), has been promised to his father, King Philip II (Clive Bayley). What follows is a meltdown of molten intensity.
Possibly the world's most glamorous opera star Joyce DiDonato is a consummate artist. Grange Park Opera is honoured to welcome Joyce for the 2019 summer season where she will cast her exquisite magic on the exquisite Theatre in the Woods.
The charismatic baritone sheds his opera togs to don garments sewn by those genius Americans: Kern, Cole Porter, Berlin, Gershwin. A perfectly relaxed ending for the summer season.
Tuesday 12 February 2019
Celebrate a century of genius with an evening at the Charterhouse.
6-year old piano prodigy Enrico … staying up late to perform especially for us.Artists from the ROH Jette Parker scheme. An interview with 106-year old Dr Bill Frankland.
Thursday 28 February 2019
Join us for our third Grand Winter Dinner which in 2019 will take us to the magnificent Livery Hall of the Goldsmiths’ Company. With Corinthian columns of scagliola and a richly decorated moulded ceiling, few settings compare to its grandeur and a spectacular evening will no doubt ensue, with champagne, excellent food and a few musical surprises. Book now
Thursday 31 October & Monday 11 November
The critically-acclaimed production of Mary Poppins returns to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre and . . . we have tickets before everyone else.
Zizi Strallen returns to play the title role and Charlie Stemp (Half A Sixpence) is Bert the chimney sweep.
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