Opera Holland Park - London
29 March 2024

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Ruddigore

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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
Itch

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 bohème

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Gretel

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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
Rigoletto

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Pinafore

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 villi

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Rouge

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Women

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
Economical yet intricate
25 Jul 22 / Evening Standard
Sisterhood tenderly explored
24 Jul 22 / Bachtrack
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.
Xerxes

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
Carmen

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Onegin

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Penzance

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Vixen

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Fritz

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
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 Figaro

Opera Holland Park


No. 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
Pastel wigs, partner-swapping and peacocks
6 Jun 21 / Telegraph
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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