Taking its cue from the kinetic lights at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, the sprawling chandelier suspends in the centre as the audience gathers, before lifting to the rafters as the curtain raises. In a subtle homage to the abundant nature surrounding Kani's “theatre in the woods”, our design and production teams worked flora and fauna themed details throughout, including dancing dragonflies amongst the foliage.
Adorning all five tiers of the surrounding balconies are 58 Porta Romana Beatrice wall lights. They alternate between two-arm and three-arm fittings, the latter being a custom design made especially for Grange Park Opera. Locally handmade in brass then finished with a decorative patina in our in-house painting studio, they’ve lit the opera house since it opened.
