Events

Critics’ Question Time

5 February 2020 French Cultural Institute

Critics from The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, The Sunday Times and Opera magazine join Opera Holland Park for an event where you pose the questions.

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The superfluous man and the bookish girl: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin

4 March 2020 Bob Boas House

Lada Valešová and Rosamund Bartlett talk to Anna Picard about Tchaikovsky’s life and music from his miniatures for solo piano to Eugene Onegin.

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OHP Young Artists Masterclass with Amanda Roocroft

Wed 11 March Pushkin House

Introduced by Donald Macleod, lyric soprano Amanda Roocroft returns to conduct a masterclass with singers from the 2020 Opera Holland Park Young Artists.

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Monstrous and sublime: Verdi’s Rigoletto

18 March 2020 Italian Cultural Institute

Conductor Matthew Kofi Waldren and cartoonist Martin Rowson talk to Anna Picard about satire, power, beauty and grotesquerie in Verdi’s revenge tragedy.

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Waltz, schmaltz, hard cash and champagne: Lehár’s The Merry Widow

Tue 31 March Matthiesen Gallery

The writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley talks to Anna Picard about the culture, politics, art and music of Vienna in 1905, a crucible of radical ideas and decadent dances.

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Margot la Rouge and Le Villi: the 2020 Opera Holland Park Lecture

Wed 29 April French Cultural Institute

Paul Guinery introduces the operas in this year’s double bill of rarities by Delius and Puccini, exploring their history and themes with musical examples.

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Prelude

Tue 5 May Leighton House Museum

Join us for an evening of performances by some of the stars of our 2020 Season, as we look forward to a summer of opera in Holland Park. Ticket price includes a drinks reception before the performance.

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Pre-performance talk: Eugene Onegin

Tue 9 June Opera Holland Park Theatre

Lada Valešová discusses Tchaikovsky’s opera with Anna Picard. As a pianist, language coach and conductor of the OHP Young Artists performances, Valesova is uniquely positioned to explain the enduring appeal of Eugene Onegin and the Russian archetypes in Pushkin’s story.

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Pre-performance talk: Young Artists

Thu 18 June Opera Holland Park Theatre

Dane Lam discusses Eugene Onegin and the Opera Holland Park Young Artists Scheme. Hosted by Anna Picard, the conductor and former OHP Young Artist talks about his experience of the scheme as alumnus and mentor, and the only opera Tchaikovsky created for young singers.

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Pre-performance talk: Rigoletto

Tue 23 June Opera Holland Park Theatre

Professor Jeremy Black on power, scandal and censorship. Hosted by Anna Picard, the historian and author discusses Verdi’s battles with the censors over Rigoletto and the corruption of court life in Paris and Mantua.

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Pre-performance talk: Double Bill

Thu 23 July Opera Holland Park Theatre

Martin Lloyd-Evans discusses the 2020 double-bill with Anna Picard. How do you approach two contrasting one act tragedies, one urban, one rural? The director of Margot la Rouge and Le Villi talks about his creative process.

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Pre-performance talk: The Merry Widow

Thu 30 July Opera Holland Park Theatre

Tim Ashley on Vienna, Paris, exile and the allure of the waltz. Hosted by Anna Picard, the Guardian critic and biographer of Richard Strauss discusses Lehár’s operetta, The Merry Widow.

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