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Opera Holland Park 2019: classics and rarities

By Claudia Pritchard on 19/3/2019

Tchaikovsky, Verdi Puccini and more sung by a host of top artists at London's own country house opera

Elizabeth Llewellyn sings the title role in Manon Lescaut. Photo: Shirley Suarez

Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Manon Lescaut is the shattering story of an innocent young woman pushed and pimped into society, lured from love by the promise of riches, and vilified when she turns against her wealthy benefactor. Starring Elizabeth Llewellyn (pictured).

WHEN

04 Jun 2019 – 22 Jun 2019, eight performances

WHERE

Opera Holland Park
Stable Yard, Holland Park, London , W8 6LU

Anne-Sophie Duprels sings Amelia. Photo: Christophe Lebedinsky

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

Gustavo, King of Sweden, is preparing for a masked ball, but receives news that his life is in danger. His position of power and his love for Amelia (Anne Sophie Duprels, pictured) are put to the test as the opera comes to its spectacular end at the grand ball, where disguise is vital.

WHEN

08 Jun 2019 – 29 Jun 2019, 12 performances

L'Arlesiana is about passion in Provence. Image: Ewelina Koszykowska

Cilea's L'Arlesiana

Federico is pining for love of a woman from Arles, and is tormented by rumours that she has a lover. When he finally marries his village sweetheart, Vivetta, the mystery woman still exerts power over him...

WHEN

20 Jul 2019 – 02 Aug 2019, five performances

WHERE

Opera Holland Park
Stable Yard, Holland Park, London , W8 6LU

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Juilliard

Dido and Aeneas retells the tragic story of Dido, queen of Carthage, and her doomed love affair with the Trojan Prince Aeneas. The Juilliard Opera production will tour Europe for the first time, bringing one of the most widely-produced English-language operas to Holland Park.

WHEN

09 Jun 2019, 8 PM, one performance

WHERE

Opera Holland Park Stable Yard, Holland Park, London , W8 6LU

Soprano Natalya Romaniw sings the title role in Iolanta. Photo: Patrick Allen

Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, with Il Segreto di Susanna

Bringing Opera Holland Park’s main 2019 season to a close is the tender Iolanta, with superb soprano Natalya Romaniw (pictured) as the blind heroine unaware that she has no sight until love changes everything. Also on this double bill, Wolf-Ferrari's comedy about a wife with a secret...

WHEN

22 Jul 2019 – 03 Aug 2019, six performances

WHERE

Opera Holland Park
Stable Yard, Holland Park, London , W8 6LU

Opera Holland Park 2019: classics and rarities

Tchaikovsky, Verdi Puccini and more sung by a host of top artists at London's own country house opera

Puccini's Manon Lescaut

Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera

Cilea's L'Arlesiana

Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with Juilliard

Tchaikovsky's Iolanta, with Il Segreto di Susanna

Opera Holland Park

Verdi

Wolf-Ferrari

Tchaikovsky

Puccini

Cilea

Natalya Romaniw

Ashley Riches

David Butt Philip

Glyndebourne Festival Opera 2019

Grange Park Opera 2019

Garsington Opera 2019

ROH Spring Opera and Ballet Highlights

Classical Season 2019/20, Southbank Centre

Barbican Classical Music 2019/20