Taking its cue from the kinetic lights at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, the sprawling chandelier rises up and down. It suspends in the centre as the audience gathers, before lifting into the rafters as the lights dim and curtain raises — a piece of theatre in its own right.
In a subtle homage to the abundant nature surrounding Kani's “theatre in the woods”, our design and production teams worked site-specific detailing throughout the expansive, flora and fauna themed steel frame: 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 in 2019.
