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Opera Holland Park

A year-round commitment to excellence in opera, centred on an extraordinary three-month summer festival.
Surrounded by the beautiful formal gardens and wilded woodlands of Holland Park, our canopied open-air auditorium is the perfect place to enjoy critically acclaimed opera in the heart of London.
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Un ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi 25 July – 7 August

The first revival of Rodula Gaitanou’s spectacular 2019 production of Verdi’s grand tragedy of illicit love and political turmoil. In mutual love with Amelia, the wife of his closest ally, cursed by a prophecy from a medium, and under threat from anti-monarchist conspirators, Gustavo must renounce his passion or his throne in Verdi's 1859 tragedy of illicit love, political unrest and regicide in the court of Gustave III, King of Sweden.

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Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss II 29 July – 8 August

Johann Strauss II’s irrepressible comedy of flirtations and machinations among Vienna’s poseurs, frenemies and twenty four hour party people returns to Opera Holland Park in a sparkling new production from director Liam Steel (Le nozze di Figaro, 2012. Will Falke get his revenge on Eisenstein for the incident with the bat costume? Can Frank convince Orlofsky that he is French? And why does that actress look so much like Rosalinde’s maid?

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Carmina Burana

4th July

Experience the surging power of Carl Orff’s Carmina burana in a one-night-only concert performance. 

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The Royal Ballet School 2026

8 – 11 July

In its centenary year, The Royal Ballet School returns to Opera Holland Park with an inspiring celebration of 100 years of training at the foundation of British ballet.

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Broadway Rhapsody

26 July

Step into the Golden Age of Broadway for one night only with Anush Hovhannisyan and Sam Jewison. Featuring highlights from Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Show Boat, Porgy and Bess, Anything Goes, and many more, accompanied by a dazzling 40-piece orchestra.

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Music for a Summer’s Evening 

11 August

Join City of London Sinfonia on stage at Opera Holland Park for an evening of serenades; music created for open air, light evenings and to celebrate the ones we love.

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Tchaikovsky: Child of Glass

13 – 15 August

From the acclaimed team that brought you Beethoven: I Shall Hear in Heaven comes a blazing new music-drama about the life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

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Adnan Karim in London

16 August

Adnan Karim is one of the most celebrated voices in Kurdish music, renowned for his evocative interpretations of classical Kurdish poetry and his commitment to preserving the region’s rich musical heritage. 

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