Situated in the beautiful surroundings of Holland Park, our venue is the perfect place to enjoy critically acclaimed opera in the heart of London.
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Investec Opera Holland Park
A year-round commitment to excellence in opera, centred around an extraordinary two-month season in one of the most beautiful spaces in the capital
Find out what to expect from your evening at Opera Holland Park
Featured event
Femmes fatales: Manon Lescaut and her sisters
30 AprilAhead of her debut production of Manon Lescaut, director Karolina Sofulak joins the panel to discuss Puccini's opera and difficult women.
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Manon Lescaut
Giacomo Puccini 4 – 26 JunePremiered in 1893, Puccini’s Manon Lescaut turned a sentimental novel into an operatic sensation. In the opera that made Puccini’s name, a convent girl becomes a courtesan, then a convict, unable to choose between a life of luxury and a life of love.
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Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi 8 – 29 JunePolitical intrigue, illicit love and a baleful prophecy. Un ballo in maschera sets a tense love triangle against the background of an assassination plot. Reason and superstition vie for supremacy in the opera that was dubbed ‘Verdi’s Tristan’.
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L’arlesiana
Francesco Cilea 20 July – 2 AugustOpera Holland Park’s acclaimed strand of operatic rarities continues with Francesco Cilea’s tragedy of desperate passion in the heat of rural Provence. First performed in 1897, L’arlesiana established the career of the great tenor, Enrico Caruso, and gave voice to a figure who would become central to Italian opera, the mother.
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Il segreto di Susanna / Iolanta
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 22 July – 3 AugustWolf-Ferrari’s delicious 1909 farce of marital misunderstanding and modern manners is contrasted with the turbulent Romanticism of Iolanta. A dark fairytale, Tchaikovsky’s final opera forms the second half of a double bill on the theme of secrets and lies.
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Dido and Aeneas with Juilliard
Henry Purcell 9 JuneJuilliard415 and singers from Juilliard's Marcus Institute for Vocal Arts visit Opera Holland Park as part of their European Tour to perform Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.
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The Royal Ballet School
4 – 6 JulyThe Royal Ballet School returns to Opera Holland Park for four impressive shows featuring its talented young artists-in-training. These spectacular performances will feature a mix of classical ballet repertoire, contemporary and character pieces. Students will perform work by choreographers including Frederick Ashton, Marius Petipa and David Bintley. This is a very special opportunity to witness the achievements of gifted young dancers from one of the best ballet schools in the world.
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