Projects & Workshops

Learning Disability Ambassadors

current project

Inspire is excited to announce a new collaboration with Kensington & Chelsea Learning Disability Service, offering workshops in schools which break down barriers and overcome the taboo surrounding learning disabilities.

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Schools Matinees 2024

current project

Our Schools Matinee performance in 2024 will be a full production of The Barber of Seville, on 19 June at 12pm.

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Out of the Park Opera

current project

Visiting care homes, hospitals, community centres and churches, Inspire offers up-close and exciting opera experiences through concerts in the community.

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Opera for Thought

current project

Every year, Opera for Thought brings to life an Opera Holland Park production for people living with dementia and their carers.

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Discovery Matinees

current project

Our Discovery Matinees welcome people who want to try opera out for the first time in a Relaxed environment, and those who love opera but find the normal theatre-going experience inaccessible.

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Playlist for Life

current project

Playlist for Life taps into a recognised phenomenon: that personally meaningful music has the ability to improve life for people with dementia, their family and their carers.

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Refuge in Harmony

current project

We believe that opera is a medium uniquely placed to enable refugees and asylum seekers become part of a community and break down barriers.

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Opera on Film

current project

From autumn 2019, Opera Holland Park will make films of our productions freely available to hospitals, care homes, hospices, shelters and schools in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and the City of Westminster. 

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Workshops

past project

These vibrant, interactive workshops based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland allowed year 5 pupils to explore the music and drama curriculum.

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Pirates of Penzance Intergenerational Project

past project

Pirates of Penzance was our pilot intergenerational project for KS2 primary school children and individuals with varying forms and stages of dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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Open Day 2019

past project

On 28 July Opera Holland Park opened its doors for a day of music, workshops and exhibitions.

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Schools’ Matinee 2020

past project

Twenty-five schools signed up for Opera Holland Park’s first Virtual Schools Matinee, held via a webinar.

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OperaUNITY 2023

past project

OperaUNITY is back for 2023, with sixnew fun-packed, free to attend family workshops full of music, dance and storytelling.

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Avonmore ‘Coming Home’ Project

past project

Over the last year, Opera Holland Park’s Inspire programme has been working with a group of twenty-five children from Avonmore Primary School on various projects, including supporting singing in the classroom and in  intergenerational concerts in the local community.

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Pirates to Penzance

past project

This spring our Inspire team took a reduced and relaxed version of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operetta, The Pirates of Penzance, from London to Penzance.

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Ritornello Composition Workshop

past project

Opera Holland Park and Tri-borough Music Hub are thrilled to host a free collaborative virtual composition session on Tuesday 28 July and Tuesday 4 August.

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Music Lessons with Opera Holland Park

past project

From Monday 25 January, we released three weeks of online music lessons for free for children aged 7 to 14 years. All episodes are still available to watch on demand. 

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OperaUNITY

past project

OperaUNITY Online is back for 2021, with six fun-packed, free to attend family workshops full of music, dancing and story-telling. Dance round the maypole, make friends with a clever little fox, eat some delicious pancakes and explore the world of opera.

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Discovery Matinees 2021

past project

In our 2021 Season we put on four Discovery Matinees and Relaxed Performances. This project was designed to welcome people who want to try opera out for the first time in a relaxed environment, and those who love opera but find the usual theatre-going experience inaccessible.

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