Past productions & events

Carmina Burana

4th July

Experience the surging power of Carl Orff’s Carmina burana in a one-night-only concert performance. 

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In Conversation with Pete Townshend

Thu 2 July

Join us for a very special evening with Pete Townshend, legendary guitarist, songwriter and founding member of The Who in conversation with Simon Mayo.

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Turandot

Giacomo Puccini Tue 23 – Sat 27 June

From Opera Holland Park’s foundation in 1996, Puccini has been central to the company’s work, from multiple productions of the core and minor masterpieces to rarities including Le Villi and Edgar, and a concert performance of the Messa di Gloria. In our thirtieth year we complete this journey of discovery with a concert staging of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, completed after the composer’s death in 1924 by Franco Alfano.

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Will Todd Fri 19 – Sat 27 June

First seen al fresco in 2012, Will Todd and Maggie Gottlieb’s free-wheeling, tongue-twisting adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s surreal classic for Opera Holland Park gives voice to the curious and curioser characters of the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, and a positively terrifying Queen of Hearts in music that darts from a coloratura showpiece for a singing Bottle to the smoky blues of a Caterpillar with no work ethic. 

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Opera in Song

Mon 22 – Fri 26 June

Central to this series is the operatic repertoire retold through song, and the support of young emerging talent, partnered with established artists. This year, three recitals and a masterclass will be presented.

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Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thu 28 May – Sat 13 June

Mozart and Da Ponte’s delicious 1790 Neapolitan comedy plays on modern ‘scientific’ fascinations with mesmerism and the exotic, characters drawn from the baroque opera buffa tradition and the volcanic rumblings of Vesuvius, all posing the question: is this love or just infatuation?

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La fanciulla del West

Giacomo Puccini Tue 26 May – Fri 12 June

Set against a manhunt in the lawless Sierra Nevada of the nineteenth century, with a pistol-packing, poker-playing heroine, La fanciulla del West sees Minnie Falconer, one of the first independent women to stake her claim in the wilds of California, fall in love with a stranger. But is the stranger who he claims to be?

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Prelude

Tue 5 May

Providing a wonderful preview of the forthcoming season, this year's Prelude features a selection of music performed by some of Opera Holland Park's finest principals and exclusive production insights from our creative team. 

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Opera Holland Park at Rackleys Barn

Tue 24 March

Following a sell-out performance of A Christmas Carol last December, Opera Holland Park returns to the beautifully restored Rackleys Barn in the Chiltern Hills for a special evening celebrating the enduring relationship between music and literature. 

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