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Podcast: Commissioning Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
1 May 2020Opera Holland Park's Director of Opera James Clutton chats to composer Will Todd, director Martin Duncan, producer Sarah Crabtree and soprano Fflur Wyn on the process behind, and memories of, commissioning the family opera Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in the latest episode of From the Producer's Office podcast.
Hitting the bottle
30 Apr 2020From beans to new lovers and a tot of house red, Opera Holland Park’s Anna Picard takes a look at opera’s most useful life lessons.
Fflur Wyn and Hannah Pedley sing ‘Sous le dôme épais’ Flower Duet
29 Apr 2020Fflur Wyn and Hannah Pedley sing ‘Sous le dôme épais’ (Flower Duet) at the Hope for Grenfell Gala at Opera Holland Park in summer 2018.
Podcast: In conversation with City of London Sinfonia
29 Apr 2020In this episode of From the Producer's Office, James Clutton talks to Chief Executive, Matthew Swann and cellist Rebecca Knight from the City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park's resident orchestra since 2003.
Podcast: In conversation with Anne Sophie Duprels
23 Apr 2020This episode of From the Producer's Office features a great friend of Opera Holland Park, soprano Anne Sophie Duprels as she discusses the start of her career and favourite roles at OHP over the years.
On the shelf
22 Apr 2020Which opera features in Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary? At which opera did Clarissa Dalloway swoon? Which opera is mentioned in On the Road and the second chapter of The Forsyte Saga? Anna Picard looks at opera in literature and letters, highlighting some forgotten gems.