Events

Pari siamo: power and powerlessness in Rigoletto

Wed 5 April Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8NX

Director Cecilia Stinton, John Allison, editor of Opera magazine, and cultural historian Fay Bound Alberti, author of This Mortal Coil: The Human Body in History and Culture, join Opera Holland Park’s Anna Picard to explore the themes in Verdi’s propulsive tragedy, with music from Stephen Gadd and Fran Hills.

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Inside the gingerbread house: the toothsome tale of Hansel and Gretel

Wed 26 April Biscuiteers Belgravia

Cultural historian Gavin Plumley, food historian Angela Clutton, director John Wilkie and Professor Mererid Puw Davies join Anna Picard to discuss the Grimm Brothers’ fairytale.

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Prelude: A celebration of opera and song from our principal artists

Tue 9 May Leighton House

The return of our most popular annual pre-Season event sees Opera Holland Park’s principal artists convene in the beautifully restored setting of Leighton House

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From page to stage: introducing Itch

Tue 16 May Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester Place

Ahead of the world premiere of Itch, composer Jonathan Dove, librettist Alasdair Middleton, director Stephen Barlow and Opera Holland Park’s CEO and Director of Opera James Clutton join Anna Picard in a conversation about transforming the narrative of a best-selling adventure story into an opera, with music from countertenor James Laing.

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Le Villi on screen

Giacomo Puccini 20 March - 21 March

To celebrate the return of Spring, and to look forward to the 2023 Season, we will be broadcasting the film of Puccini’s Le Villi at 7pm on 20 March to Opera Holland Park’s Members and Supporters via our website, and at 7pm on 21 March to the general public.

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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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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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