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A New Year’s Wish
29 Dec 2021Happy 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.
A festive update from our education and outreach team, Inspire
22 Dec 2021Find out what our Inspire team have been up to this festive period, including recitals for the community, a Christmas Extravaganza and more
Victoria Simmonds sings ‘Mary’s Lullaby’ by Max Reger
20 Dec 2021‘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.
Stephen Gadd sings ‘The Oxen’ from Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams
20 Dec 2021Stephen Gadd performs ‘The Oxen’ from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ festive cantata, Hodie – Vaughan Williams’ last major choral-orchestral composition.
Booking is now open for our Gala Dinner on 22 February 2022
17 Dec 2021A champagne supper with songs and arias from our principal artists in one of London's most beautiful spaces.
Elizabeth Karani sings ‘I Wonder as I Wander’ arranged by Britten
17 Dec 2021With 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.