Anush Hovhannisyan, Anne Sophie Duprels & Louise Alder Lead Opera Holland Park’s 2022 Season

Opera Holland Park in the U.K. has announced its casting and creative team for the 2022 season. The season will open with a new production of “Eugene Onegin” which is set to be conducted by Lada Valešová and directed by Julia Burbach. The cast will include Anush Hovhannisyan, Samuel Dale Johnson, Thomas Atkins, Emma Stannard, Amanda Roocroft, Kathleen Wilkinson, Matthew Stiff, and John Wood. Performance Dates: May 31-June 25, {…}

Aug 18, 2021

Opera Holland Park Announces 2022 Season

Opera Holland Park in the U.K. has announced its 2022 season. The company announced that it will open on May 31, 2022 with new productions of “Eugene Onegin” and “Carmen” before presenting the UK premiere of Mark Adamo’s 1998 opera, “Little Women,” adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. The fourth production of the season will be a double bill {…}

Aug 11, 2021

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Pirates of Penzance

Credit: (OHP Marketing/Opera Holland Park) The last offering from Opera Holland Park’s (OHP) 2021 summer season was another collaboration: W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance”, co-produced with Gilbert & Sullivan specialists Charles Court Opera, postponed from last summer. A Playful Production How do we imaginatively enter the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert & Sullivan, with its surreally distended {…}

Jul 15, 2021

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

(Photo: Ali Wright) The second half of Opera Holland Park’s revamped summer offering opened this week with Leoš Janáček’s late, philosophical comedy “The Cunning Little Vixen,” conducted by Jessica Cottis and directed by Stephen Barlow. One of the strange gifts of lockdown for Londoners – those blessed with gardens anyway – was the opportunity, working from home, to experience more {…}

Jul 6, 2021

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: Wonderful Town

(Image (c) Danny Kaan) Opera Holland Park features several collaborations thorughout its 2021 summer season, offering much-needed work to a myriad of freelancers from across the theatre world. Charles Court Opera will join OHP for a “Pirates of Penzance” in August; British Youth Opera will bring Rossini’s “L’occasione fa il ladro;” Waterperry Opera Festival are coming to town with a {…}

Jun 15, 2021

Opera Holland Park Announces Song in Opera

Opera Holland Park has announced Song in Opera. The short series of recitals curated by Julien Van Mellaerts presents three programs with an innovative focus on storytelling and will star pianists Perez, Ella O’Neill, and Simon Lepper. Singers will include Fleur Barron, Nicky Spence, Anush Hovhannisyan, and Nardus Williams, and three of the 2021 OHP Young Artists, Charlotte Badham, Charlotte {…}

Jun 6, 2021

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Marriage of Figaro

(Credit: Ali Wright) Opera Holland Park’s season opened this week with the quintessential summer opera – a new production by Oliver Platt of W.A. Mozart and Lorenzo Da Ponte’s “Le nozze di Figaro,” a farce that is still as sparklingly inventive and effervescent as it was over 200 years ago. There is much to praise in this opening artistic salvo {…}

Feb 22, 2021

Opera Holland Park Announces 2021 Season

Opera Holland Park has announced its 2021 season. The festival will open in a redesigned, physically-distanced and semi-open auditorium and featuring five full productions: The summer season will open with Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” with George Jackson conducting Oliver Platt’s production. The cast is set to include Julien Van Mellaerts, Nardus Williams, Elizabeth Karani, Ross Ramgobin, and Samantha Price. {…}

Jul 20, 2020

Obituary: Stefan Paul Sanchez, Founder of Grand Opera Thailand, Passes at 65

Stefan Paul Sanchez, the founder of the European Chamber Opera and Grand Opera Thailand, passed away on July 18. He was 65. Sanchez was born on Dec. 13, 1954 and was raised in Morocco (where he went to kindergarten), Spain (primary school ), and England (grammar school). He eventually kicked off his career as an opera singer, studying singing and {…}

Jun 2, 2020

Opera Holland Park Postpones ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ Stream

Opera Holland Park is postponing its streaming of Verdi’s “Un Ballo in Maschera.” In a press release, the company said, “Opera Holland Park is aware of the #BlackOutTuesday movement among parts of the music industry that began to gather pace yesterday. We are individually and as a company committed to equality and we understand the desire of the music industry {…}

Jun 2, 2020

Opera Holland Park Announces 2021 Season

Opera Holland Park has unveiled its 2021 season which will feature four total operas from the standard repertory. The season is set to begin on June 1, 2021 with new productions of Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro,” Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen,” and Mascagni “L’Amico Fritz.” The company will also be reviving the 2018 staging of Verdi’s “La Traviata.” Casting {…}

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Anush Hovhannisyan, Anne Sophie Duprels & Louise Alder Lead Opera Holland Park’s 2022 Season

Opera Holland Park Announces 2022 Season

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Pirates of Penzance

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: Wonderful Town

Opera Holland Park Announces Song in Opera

Opera Holland Park 2021 Review: The Marriage of Figaro

Opera Holland Park Announces 2021 Season

Obituary: Stefan Paul Sanchez, Founder of Grand Opera Thailand, Passes at 65

Opera Holland Park Postpones ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’ Stream

Opera Holland Park Announces 2021 Season