Michael Moody is general manager and co-founder of The Grange Festival.
After working with Australian Opera, Garsington, and Wexford opera festivals, he then co-founded (with Wasfi Kani) both the Grange Park Opera and the Nevill Holt Opera festivals.[1] He has been involved with the Pimlico Opera prison project since 1996 and directed The Threepenny Opera - HMP Winchester, West Side Story - HMP Winchester and Wandsworth, Guys and Dolls - Wormwood Scrubs, Chicago - HMP Bronzefield, Les Miserables - HMP Wandsworth and Erlestoke, Sugar - HMP Send, Sister Act - HMP Bronzefield and Our House with Suggs at HMP Isis.[2]
Moody was executive director of Grange Park Opera from 1998 to 2016. After Grange Park Opera moved to West Horsley Place, he established a new company, The Grange Festival, to continue opera seasons at The Grange, Northington from 2017 onwards. The Grange Festival was formed with Michael Chance as artistic director and Rachel Pearson and Michael Moody as co-founders.[3] [4]