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Stirring opera with world-class artists, the powerful music of home and exile, and fun for children
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Verdi, Puccini and two operas – one brand new – that will appeal to families, plus a Victorian satire
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An exciting young cast and director breathe new life into a tune-filled classic
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Opera Holland Park 2022 opens with Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, the story of a first love tempered by experience
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Free lunchtime entertainment for Londoners, with music from this year's productions
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London's own opera festival, spirited programmes from the city's liveliest orchestras, and high-flying soloists. Summer music starts here....
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Passion, mystery and intrigue are enacted on stage, and the finest concerts feature world-class artists breaking new ground with much-loved works
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From outstanding singers and thrilling players to imaginative innovations and artists who do things differently. Here are our musical highlights of 2021
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An opera inspired by a classic novel joins the repertoire at London's own country house opera
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After a massive hit, composer Pietro Mascagni set about his difficult second opera. A new production shows how he fared...
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Enchanting production of Janáček's opera with soprano Jennifer France in the title role outwitting most creatures and humans
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Lauren Fagan returns to the role of Verdi's Violetta in a revival of Rodula Gaitanou's moving production, given added poignancy by the times we live in
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Mozart's comic opera opens a new summer season at the capital's own country house opera
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The versatile baritone on lockdown gardening, Brexit fears, and breaking through with 'My Way'
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The soprano on her Brixton childhood, 'silent' music and renewed energy as live music resumes
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A new-look theatre welcomes audiences safely for Mozart, Verdi, Janacek and romantic Mascagni
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Monthly music and drama sessions for pre-school children that are fun for all the family
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Symphony concerts that open up new horizons, operas that take audiences to another realm .... trust music to transport us out of daily life and make a world of difference
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Kathy Lette, Petroc Trelawny and friends welcome music-lovers to an online Christmas party with seasonal favourites and opera highlights
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The soprano who has reached new heights talks about singing during lockdown, a commemorative performance, and improvising on stage
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The west London company performs live to audiences again, with programmes for all tastes performed by the country's finest singers and players
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Welcome chance to revisit the big hit of 2019, a Verdi grand opera with the look of Brief Encounter
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Join London's own country house opera company from the comfort of home and learn all about the skills it takes to put on an opera, with family events all day
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Meet the men and women who pass judgement on first night and the people behind some of the best London opera productions
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A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today
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For a first glimpse of summer plan your nights at London's own country house opera, with much-loved operas by Tchaikovsky and Verdi, plus a comedy and a double-bill
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Two short operas, by Delius and Puccini, in which the love of ordinary people is tested to breaking point
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In Franz Lehár's comic opera a wealthy woman turns the tables on the men, but a country's future is at stake...
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An exciting young cast perform Verdi's tragic opera, set in Mantua and featuring the soprano Anna Patalong as the love-sick Gilda
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Tchaikovsky's opera of first love, loss and maturity, packed with stirring melodies and powerful choruses, is given a new production with a starry cast
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Carols and festive music with a surprise line-up of opera stars, and your chance to sing along with the best
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A crafty cigarette underpins an entire opera of its own, and a young woman's eyes are opened by love