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A New Year’s Wish Video

A New Year’s Wish

Happy New Year from all of us at Opera Holland Park! We hope you enjoy this short film featuring some of our favourite moments from the past year.

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Victoria Simmonds sings ‘Mary’s Lullaby’ by Max Reger Video

Victoria Simmonds sings ‘Mary’s Lullaby’ by Max Reger

‘Mary’s Lullaby’, or ‘Mariä Wiegenlied’, was one of sixty songs composed by Max Reger between 1903 and 1912 and published in the collection, Schlichte Weisen. Subtly scored and delicately perfumed, it remains his most famous ‘little song’ and is sung here by Victoria Simmons with Stuart Wild at the piano.

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Elizabeth Karani sings ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ arranged by Britten Video

Elizabeth Karani sings ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ arranged by Britten

With a melody drawn from an Appalachian folksong, and lyrics by the American folklorist John Jacob Niles, ‘I wonder as I wander’ has been arranged by composers from Luciano Berio to John Rutter. Former OHP Young Artist Elizabeth Karani sings Benjamin Britten’s haunting arrangement, accompanied by Stuart Wild.

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