Grange Park Opera illustrations – 2022 Season

About Grange Park Opera

Grange Park Opera is based in West Horsley Place in Surrey, England. It was founded in 1998 by Wasfi Kani CBE. The opera company has staged more than 75 operas to date. It is one of the major summer opera festivals in Europe.

2022 Season Illustrations – Project Background

Wasfi Kani commissioned Shadric Toop to create a series of illustrations to promote the four new productions for the 2022 Season. The opera titles for the season were:

• La Gioconda, PONCHIELLI – Starring Joseph Calleja
• Otello, VERDI – Starring Gwyn Hughes Jones, Elizabeth Llewellyn and Simon Keenlyside
• Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WAGNER (Free staging) – Starring Bryn Terfel
• The Excursions of Mr Brouček, JANACEK – Directed by David Pountney

Client Testimonial

There are three things that are remarkable about Shadric.

(i) He is an exceptional artist

(ii) He conducts himself without vanity

(iii) He deeply considers your goals and is only happy once you are happy.

We are on the planet for just a few hours, so we want to work with people who are both pleasant and brilliant: Shadric.

Wasfi Kani CBE
Founder/CEO, Grange Park Opera