Past productions & events
Investec Opera Holland Park Gala 2017
Tue 7 November 2017 Drapers' HallThe 2017 Investec Opera Holland Park Gala Dinner, which was held at the sensational Drapers' Hall, was the third to be held there, and raised money for OHP's Inspire programme.
Find out moreDie Fledermaus
Johann Strauss II Tue 19 July – Fri 5 August 2016Set in the 1930s, with a burlesque dancer as the star of the Act II party, Martin Lloyd-Evans production of Strauss’s hedonistic satire was described as “provocative, engaging entertainment” in The Guardian.
Find out moreLa Cenerentola
Gioachino Rossini Thu 14 – Sat 30 July 2016Opera Holland Park’s first co-production with Danish National Opera was directed by former Young Artist Oliver Platt and designed by Neil Irish.
Find out moreLa bohème
Giacomo Puccini Sat 11 – Sat 25 June 2016Opera Holland Park marked the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death with Stephen Barlow’s production of La bohème, set in a theatre in Tudor London and designed by Andrew D Edwards.
Find out moreIris
Pietro Mascagni Tue 7 – Sat 18 June 2016Opera Holland Park’s association with Mascagni’s oriental fantasy stretches back to 1997, when it produced the first London staging of Iris in over 90 years.
Find out moreThe Queen of Spades
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Tue 2 August – Mon 13 June 2016Natalya Romaniw (Lisa), Peter Wedd (Herman) and Rosalind Plowright (Countess) were praised in The Financial Times, The Guardian and The Spectator for their compelling performances as three characters in the grip of obsession in Rodula Gaitanou’s staging of The Queen of Spades.
Find out moreL’amore dei tre Re
Italo Montemezzi Wed 22 July – Sat 1 August 2015Designed by Jamie Vartan, Martin Lloyd-Evans’s acclaimed 2007 production of Montemezzi’s compact drama of passion and murderous jealousy was revived to enthusiastic notices from The Financial Times, The Times and The Sunday Express.
Find out moreLakmé
Léo Delibes Thu 9 – Fri 31 July 2015An opulent example of French nineteenth century orientalism, Lakmé received its second staging at Opera Holland Park in Aylin Bozok’s production.
Find out moreAida
Giuseppe Verdi Wed 24 June – Thu 16 July 2015British soprano Gweneth-Ann Rand took the title role in Daniel Slater’s provocative production of Aida, relocated to the Egyptian gallery of a wealthy museum in the West.
Find out moreIl trittico
Giacomo Puccini Tue 2 – Sat 27 June 2015Opera Holland Park’s complete staging of Puccini’s 1911 triptych of one-act operas opened the 2015 season and saw the company’s first nomination for a Royal Phiharmonic Society Award.
Find out moreFlight
Jonathan Dove Sat 6 – Fri 19 June 2015Based on the story of an Iranian refugee who lived in Charles de Gaulle airport for several years, Jonathan Dove’s 1998 opera on a group of travellers grounded by a storm was the overnight success of Opera Holland Park’s 2015 Season.
Find out moreAdriana Lecouvreur
Francesco Cilea Thu 24 July – Sat 9 August 2014Coming firmly from the verismo repertoire for which OHP has become renowned, Adriana is a romantic drama of quite exquisite beauty, a tragedy of love, betrayal and murder
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