A memorably strange evening at Opera Holland Park

A stirring production of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s I gioielli della Madonna

A great atmospheric opera in gorgeous surroundings

The feisty heroine Natalya Romaniw is quite thrilling as the wanton Maliella

Glittering jewels and clandestine incest amidst leafy Holland Park

The music is exuberant, sweet and heartfelt

It may be hokum but this rarely performed opera holds its audience in an iron grip

Opera Holland Park are on top form in this outrageous and little-known work featuring organised crime, rape and suicide

A curious mixture of Italian lyricism and Teutonic metaphysical intensity

Opera Holland Park’s superb new production embraces the excess of this neglected work

All round, this could be one of the operatic highlights of the year