Surrounded by the beautiful formal gardens and wilded woodlands of Holland Park, our canopied open-air auditorium is the perfect place to enjoy critically acclaimed opera in the heart of London.
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A year-round commitment to excellence in opera, centred on an extraordinary three-month summer festival.
The Flying Dutchman
Richard Wagner 27 May – 14 June 2025Cursed to sail for eternity with his ghostly crew, the Dutchman can only be saved by the love of a faithful woman. Premiered in 1843, Wagner’s first great opera looks back to the Gothic mysteries of his youth, opening with a thrilling storm in which echoes of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Weber can be heard, and punctuated by folk-like ballads for the sailors whose lives depend on the sea and the women who wait for their return.
Find out moreItch
Jonathan Dove 3 – 13 June 2025Opera’s geekiest hero and his light-fingered sister battle to save a mysterious new element from the clutches of a shadowy corporation in Jonathan Dove’s explosive adventure story.
Find out moreThe Merry Widow
Franz Lehár 19 – 28 June 2025Lehár’s delicious comedy of bankruptcy, infidelity, social climbing and the rekindling of romance between two old flames gets a twist of lemon in this zesty co-production from Opera Holland Park, Scottish Opera and D’Oyly Carte Opera.
Find out moreTrial By Jury/ A Matter of Misconduct!
W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 24 – 26 June 2025A riotous double bill on probity in peril pits Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic courtroom comedy of broken vows against a new satire on political scandal and public accountability by Emma Jenkins and Toby Hession.
Find out moreLucia di Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti 18 July – 1 August 2025Fugitive ghosts and a bitter feud between two families form the background to Donizetti’s mesmerising Gothic tale of madness and forced marriage, Lucia di Lammermoor.
Find out moreLa traviata
Giuseppe Verdi 19 July – 2 August 2025Meticulously detailed in its depiction of the decadence of nineteenth century Paris, Verdi’s portrait of a celebrated courtesan in love with a callow bourgeois youth was his only opera on a contemporary subject and was heavily censored at its 1853 premiere. Rodula Gaitanou’s “dazzling” (The Guardian) and “world class” (The Stage) production of La traviata returns to Holland Park with an outstanding case.
Find out moreChristmas with Opera Holland Park 2024
7 DecemberFeaturing the Opera Holland Park Chorus and principal singers from our 2025 Season, this Christmas celebration will be filled with carols, seasonal music and good cheer.
Find out moreA Christmas Carol (London)
Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 DecemberAt Sinfonia Smith Square, Will Todd and David Simpatico’s enchanting musical retelling of A Christmas Carol weaves the melodies of traditional Victorian carols and the midwinter chimes of handbells through each episode of Charles Dickens’s seasonal ghost story.
Find out moreA Christmas Carol (Guildford)
16 DecemberWill Todd and David Simpatico's enchanting musical retelling of A Christmas Carol weaves the melodies of traditional Victorian carols and the midwinter chimes of handbells through each episode of Charles Dickens's seasonal ghost story.
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