Past productions & events

Die Fledermaus

Johann Strauss II Wed 29 July – Sat 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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Un ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi Sat 25 July – Fri 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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Broadway Rhapsody

Sun 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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The Royal Ballet School 2026

Wed 8 – Sat 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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The Bamboo Princess

Ryusuke Numajiri Thu 2 – Sat 4 July

The UK premiere of Ryusuke Numajiri’s luminescent 2014 opera of transformation and dislocation, The Bamboo Princess, and the first production in a new partnership between Opera Holland Park and the Yachiyoza Theatre of Kumamoto, Japan. Based on the ancient folk tale of The Bamboo Cutter, best known to Western audiences from Studio Ghibli’s The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Numajiri’s opera combines delicate, shimmering orchestration with elegantly curving melodies. A poignant story of impossible love.

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Turandot

Giacomo Puccini Tue 23 – Sat 27 June

From Opera Holland Park’s foundation in 1996, Puccini has been central to the company’s work, from multiple productions of the core and minor masterpieces to rarities including Le Villi and Edgar, and a concert performance of the Messa di Gloria. In our thirtieth year we complete this journey of discovery with a concert staging of Puccini’s final opera, Turandot, completed after the composer’s death in 1924 by Franco Alfano.

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Will Todd Fri 19 – Sat 27 June

First seen al fresco in 2012, Will Todd and Maggie Gottlieb’s free-wheeling, tongue-twisting adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s surreal classic for Opera Holland Park gives voice to the curious and curioser characters of the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, and a positively terrifying Queen of Hearts in music that darts from a coloratura showpiece for a singing Bottle to the smoky blues of a Caterpillar with no work ethic. 

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Opera in Song

Mon 22 – Fri 26 June

Central to this series is the operatic repertoire retold through song, and the support of young emerging talent, partnered with established artists. This year, three recitals and a masterclass will be presented.

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Così fan tutte

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Thu 28 May – Sat 13 June

Mozart and Da Ponte’s delicious 1790 Neapolitan comedy plays on modern ‘scientific’ fascinations with mesmerism and the exotic, characters drawn from the baroque opera buffa tradition and the volcanic rumblings of Vesuvius, all posing the question: is this love or just infatuation?

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La fanciulla del West

Giacomo Puccini Tue 26 May – Fri 12 June

Set against a manhunt in the lawless Sierra Nevada of the nineteenth century, with a pistol-packing, poker-playing heroine, La fanciulla del West sees Minnie Falconer, one of the first independent women to stake her claim in the wilds of California, fall in love with a stranger. But is the stranger who he claims to be?

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Prelude

Tue 5 May

Providing a wonderful preview of the forthcoming season, this year's Prelude features a selection of music performed by some of Opera Holland Park's finest principals and exclusive production insights from our creative team. 

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Opera Holland Park at Rackleys Barn

Tue 24 March

Following a sell-out performance of A Christmas Carol last December, Opera Holland Park returns to the beautifully restored Rackleys Barn in the Chiltern Hills for a special evening celebrating the enduring relationship between music and literature. 

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