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Taking wing: Dove’s Flight a soaring success for Opera Holland Park

Dove: Flight ***** Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2015 Flight represents a brave new departure for Opera Holland Park. Jonathan Dove’s tale of airport life, which first took to the skies at Glyndebourne in 1998, is the first contemporary opera … Continue reading

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A cherry ripe L’amico Fritz at Opera Holland Park

Mascagni: L’amico Fritz Opera Holland Park, 10th June 2011 “In the course of my life I’ve read very, very many bad librettos, but I’ve never read such an idiotic one as this.” That was Giuseppe Verdi responding to the libretto … Continue reading

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