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Welcome to
Opera Holland Park

A year-round commitment to excellence in opera, centred on an extraordinary three-month summer festival.
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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The Merry Widow

Franz Lehár 19 – 28 June

Lehár’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.

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Trial By Jury/ A Matter of Misconduct!

W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 24 – 26 June

A 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.

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Lucia di Lammermoor

Gaetano Donizetti 18 July – 1 August

Fugitive 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.

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La traviata

Giuseppe Verdi 19 July – 2 August

Meticulously 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 cast.

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The Royal Ballet School

2 – 5 July

The Royal Ballet School returns to Opera Holland Park this July for five dazzling performances, showcasing the talents of its exciting young dancers.

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Opera in Song

21 June – 28 July

Curated by baritone Julien Van Mellaerts and the pianist Dylan Perez, the Opera in Song recital series returns to Opera Holland Park for a fifth year, with three recitals from established and emerging singers and pianists and a public masterclass with acclaimed tenor Freddie De Tommaso with the OHP Young Artists.

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The Wonderland Garden

City of London Sinfonia 28 June

Designed especially for babies and children under six, The Wonderland Garden offers musical storytelling that the whole family can enjoy. Explore the beauty of the changing seasons alongside a curious young person and their new friend, Robin.

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Winnie-The-Pooh’s Songbook

19 – 20 July

Winnie-the-Pooh’s Songbook brings exciting adventures for the whole family to enjoy. Experience a child-like timelessness through this endearing tale.

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Music For a Summer’s Evening

City of London Sinfonia 7 August

Join Opera Holland Park’s resident orchestra for an evening of uplifting orchestral music in the beautiful surroundings of Opera Holland Park.

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“DAZZLING...A five-star surprise!”

Gyles Brandreth

“Art at that level is what makes life worthwhile. The rest is just survival.”

Stage Noise

“A tour-de-force. It was impossible not to be moved.”

The Courier Mail

Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven

6 – 8 August

Plunge into the soul of genius in this award-nominated play about the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven – the artist whose life-story, above all others, encapsulates our deepest images of courage, overcoming, triumph, and wonder.

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Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 14 August

Wild Arts (★★★★ The Guardian, ★★★★★ Opera Now) presents Tchaikovsky’s soaring exploration of life, death, love, and pride in pre-revolutionary Russia – realising Pushkin’s heartbreaking story with passion and lyricism.

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“A total joy – sassily delivered and outstandingly well sung.”

The Catholic Herald

The Elixir of Love

Gaetano Donizetti 16 August

Wild Arts (★★★★ The Guardian, ★★★★★ Opera Now) revives its hit production of Donizetti's sun-kissed summer comedy – relocated to a 1950s seaside, with a mischievous English translation and a sparkling new arrangement for chamber orchestra.

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Semele

G. F. Handel 21 – 22 August

A mortal woman dares to love a god in Handel's beautiful baroque drama. Virtuosic musical storytelling of tragedy and drama is brought to you through some of Handel’s most sumptuous and lyrical music.

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Events
58 & CO comes to OHP

58 & CO comes to OHP

Tue 24 June

Join us before the opening night of double-bill Trial by Jury/A Matter of Misconduct! for a guided gin tasting by Carmen O'Neal of multi-award winning London distillery, 58 and CO. 

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