The Grange Festival 2020 season, announced today on the opening night of their 2019 Festival, is set to start on 5 June 2020 with an exciting new programme of opera and dance at The Grange, Hampshire. Their residency partnership with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra continues next year with the orchestra accompanying all productions at the 2020 Festival.
The season opens with Rossini’s La Cenerentola directed by Stephen Barlow and conducted by David Parry, the first of six performances of this production, while the following night Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream directed by Paul Curran will be conducted by Anthony Kraus. Further performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream fall on the 60th anniversary to the day of the premiere (11 June), as well as on the summer solstice (20 June) and midsummer’s day (24 June). Francesco Cilluffo returns to The Grange Festival to conduct Puccini’s Manon Lescaut in a new production by Stephen Lawless. The Grange Festival’s 2020 season will also see the return of Dance@TheGrange directed by Wayne McGregor, concert performances of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady conducted by Alfonso Casado Trigo and directed by Paul Curran, and Jonathan Dove’s community opera The Monster in the Maze conducted by Alice Farnham and directed by Thomas Guthrie..
Artistic Director Michael Chance comments: “We present another distinctive programme, imagined for The Grange and building on our three-year legacy. We are fortunate to attract so many operatic luminaries. I feel confident that the collaborations, the opportunities for emerging singers, the celebration of eminent names, as well as the devising of insightful and penetrating productions will electrify our audiences.”
The Grange Festival International Singing Competition returns in Autumn 2019 with the Final being held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London on Thursday 31 October 2019. The winner of the 2017 competition, Rowan Pierce, is singing the role of Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro this year.
Public booking opens on 10 March 2020.
THE GRANGE FESTIVAL 2020
5, 12, 14, 19, 27 June, 2 July 2020
The Grange, Northington
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David Parry conductor | Stephen Barlow director | Andrew D Edwards designer | Josè Maria Lo Monaco Angelina | Nico Darminan Don Ramiro | Christian Senn Dandini | Luciano di Pasquale Don Magnifico | Roberto Lorenzi Alidoro | Carolina Lippo Clorinda | Maria Ostroukhova Tisbe | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Rossini La Cenerentola
6, 11, 13, 20, 24 June 2020
The Grange, Northington
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Anthony Kraus conductor | Paul Curran director and set designer | Gabriella Ingram costume designer | Patrick Terry Oberon | Vuvu Mpofu Tytania | Chris Darmanin Puck | Roberto Lorenzi Theseus | Angharad Lyddon Hippolyta | Peter Kirk Lysander | Dominic Sedgewick Demetrius | Angela Simkin Hermia | Eleanor Dennis Helena | Jonathan Lemalu Bottom | Graeme Danby Quince | Ben Johnson Flute | Sion Goronwy Sung | Adrian Thompson Snout | Johnny Herford Starveling | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Britten A Midsummer Night’s Dream
21, 26, 28 June, 5, 12 July 2020
The Grange, Northington
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Francesco Cilluffo conductor | Stephen Lawles director | Adrian Linford designer | Elin Pritchard Manon Lescaut | Nicholas Lester Lescaut | Samuel Sakker Des Grieux | Stephen Richardson Geronte | Kamil Bien Edmondo | Angharad Lyddon Musician | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Puccini Manon Lescaut
3, 4 July 2020
The Grange, Northington
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Alfonso Casado Trigo conductor | Paul Curran director | cast tba | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Lerner & Loewe My Fair Lady
10, 11 July 2020
The Grange, Northington
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Wayne McGregor choreographer
Dance@TheGrange
18, 19 July 2020
The Grange, Northington
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Alice Farnham conductor | Thomas Guthrie director | Ruth Paton designer | Suzi Zumpe choral director | Hampshire Youth Orchestra
Dove The Monster in the Maze