Midsummer Music in the Park, 5 June

Join us for Midsummer Music in the Park on 5 June at Opera Holland Park, celebrating 140 years of The Rugby Portobello Trust.

Emceed by Alexander Armstrong and featuring international pianist Melvyn Tan, acclaimed tenor Toby Spence and scenes and arias from some of Opera Holland Park’s best loved operas, Midsummer Music in the Park will be celebrating 140 years of The Rugby Portobello Trust and our work in North Kensington.

***Tickets will be on sale using the booking links below until mid-day on Tuesday 4 June. Thereafter, please do purchase a ticket on the gate on the night.***

Midsummer Music in the Park

Wednesday 5 June
5:30pm to 8:30pm
at Opera Holland Park
 
5:30pm: Grounds open for drinks and picnics
7pm: Performances begin
8:30pm: Evening ends

Tickets

• Armchair seating (front three rows): £200
• Theatre seating: £135
• Student/Under-40 theatre seating: £52
• North Kensington resident tickets: £10

All tickets include a pre-performance drinks reception.

Programme

MC: Alexander Armstrong
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Conductors: Anna Castro Grinstein, Michael Papadopoulos and Gabriella Teychenné

• Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia overture
• Mozart Idomeneo ‘Vedrommi intorno l'ombra dolente’ with tenor Toby Spence
• Puccini La bohème ‘Quando m’en vo’ with soprano Elizabeth Karan
• Bizet Carmen ‘Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre’ with baritone Chuma Sijeqa
• Chopin Scherzo No.3 in C# Minor, Melvyn Ta
• Puccini Tosca ‘E lucevan le stelle’ with tenor José de Eça
• Mozart Così fan tutte ‘Fra gli amplessi’ with soprano Elizabeth Karani and tenor Ruairi Bowen
• Puccini Edgar ‘Addio addio mio dolce amor’ with soprano Anne Sophie Duprels
• Jacques Brel ‘Au suivant’ with tenor Toby Spence
• Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia ‘Una voce poco fa’ with mezzo-soprano Ellen Pearson
• Leoncavallo Pagliacci ‘Stridono lassù’ with soprano Alison Langer
• Debussy L’Isle Joyeuse, Melvyn Tan
• Puccini Tosca ‘Vissi d’arte’ with soprano Amanda Echalaz
• Verdi Otello ‘Credo in un Dio crudel’ with baritone Chuma Sijeqa
• Puccini La bohème ‘O soave faniculla’ with soprano Anne Sophie Duprels & tenor José de Eça

Click below to join us at what will be a spectacular evening celebrating the 140th anniversary of The Rugby Portobello Trust and our work with the children and young people of North Kensington.