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Opera Holland Park 2026 Review: Un ballo in Maschera

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(Photo: Craig Fuller) “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” proclaimed Mark Twain. Who knows what he would have made of Verdi’s “Un ballo in Maschera,” currently being performed in London’s Holland Park Opera, where the hugely implausible plot is based on the real-life assassination of King Gustav III {…}
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Opera Holland Park Announces 2027 Operas

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Opera Holland Park has announced the operas for its 2027 season. The season will include a revival of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra,” Puccini’s “La Rondine,” and Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance.” There will also be a new production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” and a concert performance of “Norma.” More details on casts and dates will be announced later {…}
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Opera Holland Park Announces 2026 Season

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Opera Holland Park has announced its 2026 season, celebrating its 30th anniversary. The season will open with a production of Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West.” The season also includes a new production of Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” which will also be performed by our 2026 Young Artists. The festival will also reimagine “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” by Will Todd and {…}
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Opera Holland Park/Charles Court Opera 2024 Review: The Yeomen of the Guard

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(Photo: Ellie Kurttz) John Savournin returned with Charles Court Opera for their fourth collaboration with Opera Holland Park, following 2023’s zesty “Ruddigore”. In 2024 they have opted for one of the most tonally and musically complex of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Savoy operas in “The Yeomen of the Guard”, whose mood is darker and dramaturgy complex, treading an awkward line between {…}
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Opera Holland Park review 2024: Il segreto di Susanna / I Pagliacci

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(Photo: Ali Wright) Opera Holland Park has made a name for itself rummaging around in the cupboard of verismo and polishing up the gems they find. Puccini’s seldom-performed “Edgar” featured in the 2024 summer offering – to mixed reviews, mostly ascribed to the uneven quality of the work than the artistry – now complemented by a striking new double bill {…}
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Opera Holland Park Festival 2024 Review: Tosca

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(Photo credit: Ali Wright) Whatever your views on Puccini, “Tosca” always draws a crowd. In a UK opera landscape mired by cuts and ever-tightening budgets, it is reassuring to see an opera festival that continues to stand on its own two feet, irrespective of Arts Council funding (or perhaps more accurately lack thereof). A full house then, as it was {…}
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Opera Holland Park Announces 2024 Season

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Opera Holland Park has announced its 2024 season featuring two Puccini operas celebrating the centenary of the composer’s death. Puccini’s “Tosca” will be revived from a 2008 OHP production. Matthew Kofi Waldren conducts a cast that includes Amanda Echalaz, José de Eça, Edwin Kaye, and Jack Holton. Performance Dates: May 28-June 22, 2024 A new production of Rossini’s “The Barber {…}
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Opera Holland Park 2023 Review: Ruddigore

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(Photo: © Craig Fuller) Opera Holland Park’s last show this summer was Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Ruddigore.” This was their third co-production with G&S specialists, Charles Court Opera, following last year’s “HMS Pinafore.” Again, it is directed by John Savournin, who also plays a leading role, with David Eaton conducting the City of London Sinfonia in one of the duo’s more {…}

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