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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.
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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.
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Pirates to Penzance
22 Apr 2020Read an interview with the team involved in Pirates to Penzance, our recent intergenerational Inspire project which took Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates to Penzance to care homes and schools across the South West.
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Holland House Cocktail
22 Apr 2020Director of Opera, James Clutton, shares a favourite cocktail recipe from 1890s New York and traces its historic connection to Holland House.
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Supporter Spotlight – Ruth Wyman
22 Apr 2020The first interview in our new Supporter Spotlight series, featuring Ruth Wyman, OHP Volunteer and Young Artists Supporter. Anna Picard chats to Ruth about her love of opera and her favourite productions at OHP.
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From pandemics to puritans
22 Apr 2020As theatre faces a shutdown unprecedented in modern times, Nick Clark and Nick Smurthwaite talk to historians and delve into the archives to find out when the industry went dark before.
