Name: Owen Wingrave
Start: 2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2020-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Grange Park Opera, Surrey

Organization

Singer

Baritone

Ross Ramgobin

Owen Wingrave

Soprano

Susan Bullock

Mrs Wingrave

Madeleine Pierard

Mrs Julian

Janis Kelly

Mrs Coyle

Bass-baritone

William Dazeley

Spencer Coyle

Mezzo-soprano

Kitty Whately

Kate

Tenor

Richard Berkeley-Steele

Gen Sir Philip Wingrave

James Way

Lechmere

Narrator

Stage director

Stephen Medcalf

Conductor

James Henshaw

Video designer

Fintan O'Connor

Sound designer

Tom Marshall

Pianist

Chris Hopkins

Percussion

Craig Apps

Grange Park Opera

English

Surrey

United Kingdom

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

Henry James’ ghost story Owen Wingrave tells of an army family – the Wingraves – who have locked away a hideous secret in their grand house, Paramore. Owen is the heir; all hell breaks loose when he announces that the army isn’t for him.

 Filmed over five September days, director Stephen Medcalf explains: “A minimal crew maintained distancing in intimate domestic interiors and COVID restrictions required the cast to costume themselves. I’ve given full rein to the satirical, often blackly comic aspects of the opera. Alongside that there are three serious themes: the pressure from society to conform; the courage it takes to stand up for who we really are; the destructive love of family.”

 In the words of Henry James: “A piece of ingenuity pure and simple, of cold artistic calculation, an amusette to catch those not easily caught.”

The opera is presented with the kind collaboration of Faber Music and The Britten Estate.

Owen Wingrave Britten

Public

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Contralto

Bass

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave, Act 2 - 2020 Interim Season

Owen Wingrave by Britten, From (2020/2020), Directed by Stephen Medcalf,, Conductor James Henshaw, Grange Park Opera, Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Programme, About & Synopsis

Videos

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues