Find out more about our past productions, including those featured in our 2021 Season, below.
Past productions & events
Word in the Park 2023
Sat 3 JuneWord In The Park - presented by David Hepworth and Mark Ellen - returns for a third year of fine rock storytelling in bucolic surrounds.
Find out moreOperaUNITY 2023
Tue 2 MayOperaUNITY is back for 2023, with new fun-packed family workshops full of music, dance and storytelling. Each session explores one of our 2023 Season productions, so you and the little ones in your life can enjoy the operas together.
Find out moreI am the EggPod LIVE
Saturday 1 July, 3pmAn afternoon of Beatles discussions exploring their music, their impact on popular culture, and the stories behind their legendary songs.
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Le Villi on screen
Giacomo Puccini 20 March - 21 MarchTo 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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Dress rehearsal – Rigoletto
Fri 26 May Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester PlaceGold Members, Envoys, Ambassadors, Benefactors, Founders and Jubilee Society members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of Rigoletto.
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From page to stage: introducing Itch
Tue 16 May Opera Holland Park Theatre, Ilchester PlaceAhead 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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Prelude: A celebration of opera and song from our principal artists
Tue 9 May Leighton HouseThe 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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Inside the gingerbread house: the toothsome tale of Hansel and Gretel
Wed 26 April Biscuiteers BelgraviaCultural 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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Pari siamo: power and powerlessness in Rigoletto
Wed 5 April Italian Cultural Institute, 39 Belgrave Square, SW1X 8NXDirector 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.
Find out moreSir John in Love with British Youth Opera
Vaughan Williams Wed 24 – Sat 27 August 2022British Youth Opera presents a new production of Vaughan Williams's Sir John in Love.
Find out moreCarnival Culture in the Park
Wed 17 – Sat 20 August 2022Notting Hill Carnival will be coming to Opera Holland Park this summer, bringing a four-day programme of calypso, Steelpan and Caribbean jazz to the theatre on 17, 18, 19 and 20 August.
Find out moreHMS Pinafore
W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Tue 9 – Sat 13 August 2022Cheekily defying the social and naval hierarchy, HMS Pinafore is both a tangled tale of love and a flagship of the G&S fleet.
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