page_title: The Grange, Northington
section_title: Opera house
hierarchical_section_title: The Grange, Northington / Opera house
caption_attribution_description: English: The GrangeThis is a photo of listed building number 1095216.
context_page_description: The Grange is a 19th-century country house-mansion and English landscape park near Northington in Hampshire, England. It is currently owned by the Baring family, Barons Ashburton. English Heritage have a guardianship deed on the scheduled monument and Grade I listed building, with the Grade II* listed gardens and monument's exterior open to the public. The house and gardens are also available to rent for parties and weddings. Grange Park Opera staged opera at The Grange every Summer from 1998- to 2016. From June 2017 The Grange Festival will become the new resident opera company.
context_section_description: Martha Fiennes used The Grange for her film Onegin, starring her brother Ralph Fiennes, in 1998. The picture gallery served as Onegin's library.
  Grange Park Opera staged its first summer festival at The Grange in 1998.
  A new theatre was designed by Studio E Architects in 2002, to convert the interior of the former orangery-picture gallery for performances. The project won the RIBA Award 2004, RIBA Conservation Commendation 2004, Georgian Group Award for Best New Building in a Georgian Context 2004 and was shortlisted for the Crown Estate Conservation Award 2004.
  In 2015 a dispute arose over rental payments and, as a result, Grange Park Opera left the Grange Estate after the 2016 season. A new opera company led by Michael Chance CBE has been launched to continue performances at this Hampshire landmark. The Grange Festival opened on 7 June 2017 with operas by Monteverdi, Mozart, Bizet and Britten.
  In 2018 The Grange Festival staged Dance@TheGrange curated by Director of Dance Wayne McGregor CBE featuring Alessandra Ferri alongside dancers from Studio Wayne McGregor and The Royal Ballet.
caption: The Grange from the south-east 2013
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