Opera Holland Park 2023: New Schedule Revealed

Opera Holland Park’s 2023 returns on Tuesday 30th May and this year is set to be a real triumph with new productions of Verdi’s gripping tragedy, Rigoletto, Humperdinck’s cautionary fairytale, Hansel and Gretel (sung in German) and Puccini’s bittersweet portrait of love and friendship, La bohème. In its third co-production with Opera Holland Park, Charles Court Opera returns with a new staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comedy of ancestral ghosts, obligatory wickedness and falsified tax returns, Ruddigore with the City of London Sinfonia returning as the official resident orchestra for all productions.

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We’re delighted to be partnering with the renowned Opera Holland Park festival to bring you all the greatest performances, including the world premiere of Jonathan Dove’s new opera, Itch, which opens on the 22nd of July. This new opera is based on Scala Radio Presenter Simon Mayo’s books and over the next few weeks you can win tickets to see the show as well as hear exclusive content from Simon.

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Situated within the beautiful gardens and wilded woodlands of Holland Park, and constructed from reclaimed and sustainable materials to reflect the natural beauty around the theatre, Opera Holland Park was named ‘London’s greenest theatre’ by the Evening Standard in 2021. The redesigned performance space has proved wonderfully flexible for performances of opera and song recitals, spoken word and family events, and has hosted guest residencies in repertoire from Handel and Mahler to ballet, calypso and steelband.

Curated by Julien van Mellaerts and Dylan Perez, Opera in Song returns with a sequence of three concerts across one weekend, featuring Sophie Bevan, Helen Charlston, Eleanor Dennis, Simon Lepper, Nardus Williams, Anna Tilbrook, Dylan Perez, Julien Van Mellaerts and members of the cohort of the 2023 Young Artists. Following last year’s production of Peter and the Wolf, performed to an audience from babes-in-arms to grandparents, and to tie-in with the themes in Hansel and Gretel, Waterperry Opera brings a new family-friendly production of Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes, a co-production with Opera Holland Park embarking on a UK tour in July and August delivered in partnership with Oxford Festival of the Arts and Lichfield Festival.

The Royal Ballet School also returns to Holland Park for its annual showcase with a rich, diverse programme of dance across five performances in July showcasing the exceptional young dancers across all years of the school, in a celebration of their extraordinary talents and achievements.

For more information about the festival plus how to buy tickets head over to www.operahollandpark.com

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