The Holland Park Theatre is located in West London's prettiest park, and the magical atmosphere of these productions owe a lot to their surroundings. It's also a tribute to a remarkable opera company that has defied expectations and budgets to produce productions of the very highest standard. As usual, they're mixing popular favourites - 'La boheme', 'Orpheus in the Underworld' (including the famous can-can music) and 'Hansel und Gretel' (sung in German with English surtitles) - with slightly less familiar fare. Donizetti's 'Roberto Devereux' - the Italian composer's take on the English Tudor period - is not often staged though critics say it contains some of his best music. And with Richard Bonynge conducting select performances in June it's set to be a sell-out. Holland Park will become an enchanted garden for Verde's powerful tale of political intrigue, 'Un ballo in maschera'. The final opera in the season is Leos Janacek's 'Kat'a Kabanova', the darkest yet most lyrical of the Czech composer's nine operas.
Opera Holland Park
Holland Park Theatre, W8 6LU
3rd June 2008 - 9th August 2008
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Holland Park Avenue / Kensington High Street,Kensington,
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Small, pretty park in west London.
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