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RuddigoreOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 10 |
Gilbert & Sullivan melodrama parody is the latest smart co-production with Charles Court Opera |
18 Aug 23 / OperaWire |
The spooks have it in this perky staging of a classic |
17 Aug 23 / Everything Theatre |
Utterly brilliant! |
14 Aug 23 / Opera Today |
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Gilbert & Sullivan's supernatural Gothic melodrama at Opera Holland Park |
14 Aug 23 / Planet Hugill |
A cultivated and lively performance of a somewhat sensational narrative |
13 Aug 23 / Classical Source |
This production of Ruddigore does at least demonstrate that there is still fun to be had within their entire catalogue |
12 Aug 23 / The Reviews Hub |
Straight staging maroons G&S’s silly satire in the Victorian age |
11 Aug 23 / The Guardian |
Splendid production of an oft-neglected masterpiece that spreads the joy |
11 Aug 23 / Broadway World |
Expert performances |
11 Aug 23 / The Stage |
The evening demonstrates the familiar virtues of John Savournin’s productions |
11 Aug 23 / British Theatre |
ItchOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 9 |
An attractive piece – neither obscure nor facile – and doesn’t preach |
31 Jul 23 / Classical Source |
Jonathan Dove transforms Simon Mayo’s ripping yarn into an exhilarating instant classic |
30 Jul 23 / The Observer |
Dove’s opera at Holland Park is quite literally explosive |
29 Jul 23 / Reaction |
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Simon Mayo's hit novel brought thrillingly to life as an opera |
28 Jul 23 / Broadway World |
An already popular young-adult fiction story brought vibrantly to the stage |
28 Jul 23 / The Reviews Hub |
A tale of chemistry, corporate muscle and kidnap |
24 Jul 23 / The Guardian |
As an OHP entertainment, Dove’s Itch passes an evening nicely but will not linger in the memory |
24 Jul 23 / Seen and Heard |
Itch received a terrific performance, all the singers giving committed, intelligent performances |
24 Jul 23 / Opera Today |
Itch is a powerfully relevant and timely illustration of the folly of asset-stripping the planet |
23 Jul 23 / CultureWhisper |
La bohèmeOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 9 |
Natascha Metherell’s cinematic angle sometimes loses focus |
31 Jul 23 / OperaWire |
Musically, this cast is incredibly strong across the board |
28 Jul 23 / The Reviews Hub |
Back into the film studio: Puccini's La Boheme at Opera Holland Park on a 1950s Italian film set |
24 Jul 23 / Planet Hugill |
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The bohemians go to the movies at Opera Holland Park |
22 Jul 23 / Opera Today |
Puccini's masterpiece sounds wonderful but loses impact from a change of setting |
22 Jul 23 / Broadway World |
Puccini's Paris-based opera is reimagined on a 1950s Italian film set in a new production |
21 Jul 23 / CultureWhisper |
Fine performances but Puccini is swamped by busy staging |
21 Jul 23 / The Guardian |
Lights, camera, distraction: Opera Holland Park stages B-movie Bohème |
21 Jul 23 / Bachtrack |
A fresh take on a perennial favourite |
20 Jul 23 / Evening Standard |
Hansel und GretelOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 8 |
Missing the mark |
29 Jun 23 / OperaWire |
There are no weak links in the cast, with all the leads plausibly acted as well as strongly projected vocally |
21 Jun 23 / British Theatre |
We simply forget that there was anything young artist about the evening: Hansel & Gretel at Opera Holland Park |
20 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
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Opera Holland Park’s Hansel und Gretel is a lovely yet not too lovely evening |
19 Jun 23 / Seen and Heard |
Wilkie’s production was always intelligent and engaging |
19 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
A fairytale journey into the forest at Holland Park |
14 Jun 23 / London Unattached |
A magical new staging of a German family classic features some bright young singers |
12 Jun 23 / CultureWhisper |
Opera Holland Park serves up new version of sweets-scoffing fairy tale |
12 Jun 23 / Broadway World |
RigolettoOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 12 |
Opera Holland Park's opening production for 2023 with Elgan Llŷr Thomas as the Duke |
12 Jun 23 / Planet Hugill |
All in all this production is an excellent start to the season at Holland Park |
10 Jun 23 / British Theatre |
Cecilia Stinton’s smart new production frustrated by uneven vocal turns |
6 Jun 23 / OperaWire |
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Opera Holland Park’s new Rigoletto is full of fresh ideas, the whole production vibrating with life |
5 Jun 23 / The Reviews Hub |
New Jazz Age version of Verdi's tragic tale |
3 Jun 23 / Broadway World |
Despite an ailing Rigoletto there is much to relish at Opera Holland Park |
3 Jun 23 / Seen and Heard |
Verdi’s jester locks horns with the Bullingdon Club |
1 Jun 23 / The Guardian |
Verdi's tragic opera is propelled into the 1920s in a new production that features a wonderful soprano |
1 Jun 23 / CultureWhisper |
Potential but problems in Cecilia Stinton's Rigoletto for Opera Holland Park |
1 Jun 23 / Bachtrack |
One feels that Stinton is trying too hard |
1 Jun 23 / Opera Today |
Verdi's Duke gets the Oxbridge treatment |
31 May 23 / The Arts Desk |
A convention-busting production with a female gaze |
31 May 23 / Evening Standard |
HMS PinaforeOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 9 |
This is a production that punches above its weight – literally |
21 Aug 22 / British Theatre |
A trim, affectionate staging of HMS Pinafore with an athletic and well-drilled cast |
19 Aug 22 / The Spectator |
A well-crafted, unfussy production from Charles Court Opera and John Savournin |
16 Aug 22 / OperaWire |
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Colour and movement: Gilbert & Sullivan returns to Opera Holland Park with HMS Pinafore |
15 Aug 22 / Planet Hugill |
Fizz and finesse in G&S and Poulenc |
14 Aug 22 / The Observer |
A delightful, funny and touching version |
13 Aug 22 / The Reviews Hub |
Smooth sailing on H.M.S. Pinafore at Opera Holland Park |
12 Aug 22 / Opera Today |
Joyful production of an old favourite sung with great heart and no little skill |
11 Aug 22 / Broadway World |
Opera Holland Park rounds off its season with an entertaining staging of the Gilbert and Sullivan classic |
11 Aug 22 / The Stage |
Le villiOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 8 |
An intriguing pair of short operas by composers with seemingly little connection between them |
10 Aug 22 / Classical Source |
Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success |
28 Jul 22 / Seen and Heard |
Verismo by Delius, and Puccini |
27 Jul 22 / The Article |
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Operatic rarities in a striking double bill at Opera Holland Park |
25 Jul 22 / Planet Hugill |
Short form operas by Puccini and Delius |
23 Jul 22 / Broadway World |
Puccini and Delius rarities create double bill with daddy issues |
23 Jul 22 / The Guardian |
A rare double bill of Delius and Puccini: moving melodrama from Opera Holland Park |
23 Jul 22 / Opera Today |
Opera Holland Park shines in a dark-hued double bill of Margot la Rouge and Le Villi |
23 Jul 22 / Bachtrack |
Margot la RougeOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 8 |
An intriguing pair of short operas by composers with seemingly little connection between them |
10 Aug 22 / Classical Source |
Opera Holland Park’s new double-bill of Delius and Puccini operatic rarities proves a great success |
28 Jul 22 / Seen and Heard |
Verismo by Delius, and Puccini |
27 Jul 22 / The Article |
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Operatic rarities in a striking double bill at Opera Holland Park |
25 Jul 22 / Planet Hugill |
Short form operas by Puccini and Delius |
23 Jul 22 / Broadway World |
Puccini and Delius rarities create double bill with daddy issues |
23 Jul 22 / The Guardian |
A rare double bill of Delius and Puccini: moving melodrama from Opera Holland Park |
23 Jul 22 / Opera Today |
Opera Holland Park shines in a dark-hued double bill of Margot la Rouge and Le Villi |
23 Jul 22 / Bachtrack |
Little WomenOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 5 |
The intricacies of the story were brought to life by a large cast of singers |
3 Aug 22 / The Article |
American opera based on beloved novel gets its UK premiere |
26 Jul 22 / Broadway World |
Mark Adamo's Little Women finally gets its UK premiere in Ella Marchment's imaginative production at Opera Holland Park |
25 Jul 22 / Planet Hugill |
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Economical yet intricate |
25 Jul 22 / Evening Standard |
Sisterhood tenderly explored |
24 Jul 22 / Bachtrack |
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Whether book, film or opera, Little Women still speaks to us all
Louisa May Alcott’s much-loved novel has become an opera. The director of a new production ponders how Mark Adamo’s version reshapes but honours the original classic.
Louisa May Alcott’s much-loved novel has become an opera. The director of a new production ponders how Mark Adamo’s version reshapes but honours the original classic.
XerxesOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 3 |
A vibrant, thoroughly entertaining production |
2 Jul 22 / The Reviews Hub |
A wonderfully entertaining spectacle |
2 Jul 22 / Broadway World |
New ensemble bring circus, and scissors, to Handel’s Persian opera |
2 Jul 22 / The Guardian |
CarmenOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 5 |
Kezia Bienek fully inhabited the title role |
15 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
Devil-woman clichés dispensed with as heroine radiates joy not lust |
7 Jun 22 / The Guardian |
Carmen straight, with a slice of lemon, at Opera Holland Park |
7 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
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Cecilia Stinton’s unfussy new production tells the story with clarity |
7 Jun 22 / OperaWire |
An engaging new Carmen from Opera Holland Park that adjusts tradition rather than reinventing it, returning the work to its Opera Comique roots |
6 Jun 22 / Planet Hugill |
Eugene OneginOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 12 |
OHP take on Tchaikovsky’s perfect opera |
12 Jun 22 / The Observer |
Lada Valešová brings out the melancholic beauty of Opera Holland Park’s Eugene Onegin |
8 Jun 22 / Seen and Heard |
Missed chances and haunting memories |
6 Jun 22 / Opera Today |
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Emotional atmospheres: a wonderfully lucid production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin opens Opera Holland Park's 2022 season |
6 Jun 22 / Planet Hugill |
Eugene Onegin opens Opera Holland Park’s 2022 Season in tremendous style |
6 Jun 22 / Music OMH |
An appealing production, beautifully staged |
5 Jun 22 / The Reviews Hub |
Opera Holland Park opens season with strong singing |
2 Jun 22 / Financial Times |
Nothing comes as easy as it goes |
2 Jun 22 / Broadway World |
Much love and passion to admire in uneven new staging |
2 Jun 22 / The Guardian |
Expertly delivered |
2 Jun 22 / The Stage |
An icy Eugene Onegin at Opera Holland Park |
2 Jun 22 / Bachtrack |
Fine singers were not well-served by the stark design and out-of-focus direction |
1 Jun 22 / Evening Standard |
The Pirates of PenzanceOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 6 |
For a real Gesamtkunstwerk you ought to have been at Opera Holland Park's exuberant, inventive and oddly touching Pirates of Penzance |
20 Aug 21 / The Spectator |
A bold and bright vision of Gilbert & Sullivan from John Savournin and Charles Court Opera |
12 Aug 21 / OperaWire |
Cheery charm in Opera Holland Park’s The Pirates of Penzance |
10 Aug 21 / Opera Today |
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A musical joy and a comical hoot |
10 Aug 21 / Bachtrack |
Pirates ahoy! |
9 Aug 21 / Planet Hugill |
The very model of a modern rib-tickling operetta |
8 Aug 21 / Broadway World |
The Cunning Little VixenOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 9 |
Streetwise and sassy modern take on Janacek’s forest tale |
2 Aug 21 / Broadway World |
An imaginative yet stripped down production in which Janacek's music is allowed to work its magic |
26 Jul 21 / Planet Hugill |
As so often in Holland Park, a sense of company that is more than its parts—like opera, like society, like nature? |
18 Jul 21 / Opera Today |
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This production of The Cunning Little Vixen could not be more delightful if it tried |
16 Jul 21 / Music OMH |
Small scale but big impact for warm and witty staging |
15 Jul 21 / The Guardian |
A sweet and bright naïve delight |
15 Jul 21 / Evening Standard |
Jennifer France’s unforgettable Vixen crowns OHP’s Janáček production which has it all – comedy, pathos, delight and tears |
15 Jul 21 / Seen and Heard |
Brush up your Janáček: foxy tales at Opera Holland Park |
15 Jul 21 / Bachtrack |
A playful, tender production of Janáček’s animal comedy teems with life |
15 Jul 21 / OperaWire |
L'Amico FritzOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 8 |
Holland Park provides a master class in how to raise a pleasant and enjoyable opera to an entirely new level |
30 Jul 21 / Music OMH |
Quiet charm at Opera Holland Park |
30 Jul 21 / Opera Today |
Can we still be friends? |
27 Jul 21 / parterre box |
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Upbeat Italian romcom is the cherry on the cake |
24 Jul 21 / Broadway World |
Opera Holland Park’s delightful L’amico Fritz effortlessly lifts the woes of the world |
24 Jul 21 / Seen and Heard |
An impeccable production of Mascagni’s neglected classic |
21 Jul 21 / iNews |
A lover’s dream on a summer’s night |
19 Jul 21 / The Guardian |
Love among the cherries |
19 Jul 21 / Bachtrack |
Le nozze di FigaroOpera Holland ParkNo. of reviews: 9 |
An excellent Figaro at Opera Holland Park |
17 Jun 21 / Opera Today |
The Marriage of Figaro from Opera Holland Park’s Young Artists is a positively inspiring celebration of youth |
16 Jun 21 / Seen and Heard |
A witty post-modern Bridgerton-inspired production which is wonderfully engaging yet serious too |
7 Jun 21 / Planet Hugill |
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Pastel wigs, partner-swapping and peacocks |
6 Jun 21 / Telegraph |
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Performance schedule
Puccini
28 May to 22 Jun 2024
Rossini
4 to 21 Jun 2024
Puccini
2 to 6 Jul 2024
Wolf-Ferrari
17 to 3 Jul 2024
Leoncavallo
17 to 3 Jul 2024
Handel
19 Jul to 2 Aug 2024
Gilbert & Sullivan
7 to 10 Aug 2024
News & Articles
Opera Holland Park announces 2024 season |
The new season features Tosca, The Barber of Seville and The Yeomen of the Guard. |
10 Aug 2023 / Broadway World |
Opera Holland Park announces new commission in 2023 |
The new work “Itch.” based on Simon Mayo’s bestselling novels “Itch and and Itch Rocks” will be composed by Jonathan Dove and librettist Alasdair Middleton. |
11 Mar 2022 / OperaWire |
Opera Holland Park announces 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.” |
18 Aug 2021 / OperaWire |
Opera Holland Park returns for a series of outdoor performances |
Opera Holland Park will present a series of outdoor performances this summer in the space where the theatre normally stands. |
1 Aug 2020 / Opera Today |
Opera Holland Park announces new season for 2021 |
A new production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro will feature in Opera Holland Park’s 2021 season, announced today, plus new stagings of Janácek’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz. |
3 Jun 2020 / Evening Standard |