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Past productions & events
Peter and the Wolf Musical Workshops – Chelsea Library
Tue 28 May 2024Join us for an interactive musical workshop based on Prokofiev’s classic story Peter and the Wolf. Waterperry Festival Opera's fun-filled workshops are the perfect way to introduce your child to the magic of live music through storytelling.
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Dress rehearsal: Tosca
Thu 23 May 2024Gold Members, Envoys, Ambassadors, Benefactors, Founders and Jubilee Society members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of Tosca.
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Happy we!: Handel and the Arcadian idyll
Tue 7 May 2024Conductor and pianist Michael Papadopoulos, critic Robert Thicknesse, soprano Elizabeth Karani and Edward Behrens, editor of Apollo magazine, join Anna Picard to discuss social climbing in eighteenth century London, birdsong, water and the Arcadian landscape of Acis and Galatea.
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Crimes of Passion: Puccini, Leoncavallo and verismo
Fri 26 April 2024Conductors Francesco Cilluffo and Matthew Kofi Waldren, director Martin Lloyd Evans, and Doctor Alexandra Wilson, author of The Puccini Problem and Opera in the Jazz Age, join Anna Picard to discuss the meaning of ‘verismo’, with music from Morgan Pearse and Stuart Wild.
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Make ‘em laugh!: On opera and the absurd
Tue 9 April 2024Singer and director John Savournin, conductor John Andrews, mezzo soprano Clare Presland, répétiteur Fran Hills and critic Robert Thicknesse join Anna Picard to discuss the performance and pitfalls of comic operas from Rossini to Gilbert and Sullivan and Wolf-Ferrari.
Find out moreChristmas with Opera Holland Park 2023
Sat 2 December 2023Featuring the Opera Holland Park Chorus and principal singers from our 2024 Season, this Christmas celebration will be filled with carols, seasonal music and good cheer. Priority booking opens on 4 October at 10am for Members and Supporters.
Find out moreGala Dinner 2023
Tue 21 November 2023A sparkling reception followed by dinner, with performances from our most prized principal artists in the luxurious setting of Drapers' Hall
Find out moreCarnival Culture in the Park 2023
Wed 16 – Sat 19 August 2023Carnival Culture returns to Opera Holland Park across four evenings this August.
Find out morePoetry on the Steps
Saturday 13 July 2024Kamitan Arts warmly welcomes you to come along with family and friends for an eclectic celebration of local multi-cultural poets and musicians from their inter-generational family.
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W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan Wed 9 – Sat 12 August 2023A witch’s curse, a thwarted courtship, and the irksome business of committing daily acts of wickedness
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Giacomo Puccini Wed 19 July – Sat 5 August 2023Passion and precarity in Puccini’s evergreen portrait of love and friendship in the Quartier Latin
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Saturday 29 July - Monday 31 JulyCurated by Julien Van Mellaerts and Dylan Perez, the Opera in Song series returns with a programme of three recitals
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