Richard Bratby

Wow, this is good: Grange Park Opera’s Ivan the Terrible reviewed

Plus: a production of Rossini at The Grange Festival that is more conducive to the consumption of Waitrose fizz

So good I thought he must be Russian: Carl Tanner as Tucha the rebel rallying the people to defend Pskov in Rimsky- Korsakov’s Ivan the Terrible at Grange Park Opera. Image: Marc Brenner
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  • Ivan the Terrible

    Grange Park Opera, in rep until 14 July

  • La Cenerentola

    The Grange Festival, in rep until 7 July

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