Opera Holland Park 2023 Season

30 May – 12 August

Rigoletto

Giuseppe Verdi 30 May – 24 June

A propulsive tragedy of toxic masculinity and unfettered power

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La bohème

Giacomo Puccini 19 July – 5 August

Passion and precarity in Puccini’s evergreen portrait of love and friendship in the Quartier Latin

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Itch

Jonathan Dove 22 July – 4 August

The world premiere of an explosive new opera from composer Jonathan Dove

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Ruddigore

W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan 9 – 12 August

A witch’s curse, a thwarted courtship, and the irksome business of committing daily acts of wickedness

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Opera in Song

29 – 31 July

Curated by Julien Van Mellaerts and Dylan Perez, the Opera in Song series returns with a programme of three recitals

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Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes

Paul Patterson 1 July

Through the celebrated words of Roald Dahl, delve into the world of fairytales and adventure with two interactive family-friendly stories; Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare Felix Mendelssohn 29 June – 1 July

Unbridled desire meets magic as Figure returns to OHP with Shakespeare’s comic exploration of the unconscious, accompanied by Mendelssohn’s enchanting orchestral score.

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A journey into Kurdish Songs

Sunday 18 June, 19:30pm.

This event is part of the Cultural Week at Opera Holland Park, the second event for this year is going to be at the same venue in August, leading to a permanent Cultural Week every summer at Opera Holland Park to include the Muslim communities in the RBKC and London.

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I am the EggPod LIVE

Saturday 1 July, 3pm

An afternoon of Beatles discussions exploring their music, their impact on popular culture, and the stories behind their legendary songs.

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Word in the Park 2023

3 June

Word In The Park - presented by David Hepworth and Mark Ellen - returns for a third year of fine rock storytelling in bucolic surrounds.

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Events
Dress rehearsal – Hansel and Gretel

Dress rehearsal – Hansel and Gretel

Thu 8 June Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place

Gold Members, Envoys, Ambassadors, Benefactors, Founders and Jubilee Society members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of Hansel and Gretel.

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Romance and realism: Puccini’s La bohème

Romance and realism: Puccini’s La bohème

Mon 26 June Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place

Director Natascha Metherell, conductor George Jackson, critic Robert Thicknesse and cultural historian Claire Lozier join Anna Picard to discuss Puccini’s portrait of life in the Quartier Latin, the history of Paris as a place of romance, and the curious life of Henri Murger, whose stories inspired the opera, with music from Barnaby Rea and Stuart Wild.

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Dress rehearsal – La bohème

Dress rehearsal – La bohème

Mon 17 July Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place

Gold Members, Envoys, Ambassadors, Benefactors, Founders and Jubilee Society members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of La bohème.

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Ancestral ghosts: an insider’s guide to Ruddigore

Ancestral ghosts: an insider’s guide to Ruddigore

Mon 24 July Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place

Singer and director John Savournin, pianist and conductor David Eaton, critic Robert Thicknesse and singer Stephen Gadd settle in with Opera Holland Park’s Anna Picard to trade tales about things that go bump in the night, daily acts of wickedness, Gothic sensibilities and the lasting appeal of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operas.

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