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Composer Will Todd talks about writing the opera Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Jonathan Dove transforms Simon Mayo’s ripping yarn into an exhilarating instant classic; it’s Thebes by way of Port Talbot in Adele Thomas’s Glyndebourne debut; and all hail the Hallé

With an aria to the periodic table and a hero dying of radiation sickness, the broadcaster’s YA novel has been transformed into an exposive operatic thriller

Nardus Williams and Elizabeth Karani in Opera Holland Park's The Marriage of Figaro Credit: Ali Wright The usual tiered seating at Opera Holland Park (OHP) has been replaced by an eclectic array of individual chairs. Perched on a small wooden specimen that resembles my mother’s dining-room furniture, I wonder whether I have unwittingly signed up to an immersive performance (the horror).    In fact, the new arrangement comprises props from past productions – which, ingeniously, means that OHP can organise bespoke configurations to fit with household bookings. However, spacing restriction...

Opera Holland Park Marks Holocaust Memorial Day In Words and Music Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year.by BWW News Desk Directed from the piano by Lada Valešová, tenor Nicky Spence and the Navarra Quartet perform Pavel Haas's song cycle Fata Morgana Op. 6 to mark Holocaust Memorial Day, streamed on Opera Holland Park's YouTube and Facebook channels from 6pm on Wednesday 27 January. The performance will be preceded by a reflection on remembrance from the acclaimed author, Howard Jacobson. Born in Brno in 1889, Pavel Haas studied composition with Leoš Janáček and wa...