Opera Holland Park - BYO returns to Opera Holland Park

 

After the success of their 2021 productions of Hansel and Gretel and L'occasione fa il ladro, British Youth Opera returns to Opera Holland Park to present Sir John in Love by Vaughan Williams. Is this the perfect get-rich-quick scheme? Seduce two wealthy friends (who are both married) so you can con them out of some money? Definitely not, but that won’t stop Sir John Falstaff from trying. In a journey brimming with joyful song, travel to a corner of Middle England and meet an ensemble cast of gentlemen, rogues and lovers in Vaughan-Williams’s folksong-infused version of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor. British Youth Opera is a training programme for young professionals. All participants onstage and behind the scenes, from singers to stage management, are at the beginning of their careers in opera. Running from 24 - 27 August.  Book here >

Find out more about BYO The ‘youth’ BYO refers to is not age, but the fact that their participants are all at the beginning of their lives in opera.  More than 5,000 young people have benefitted from British Youth Opera’s training. Around half of these have been singers, and the other half music, creative and production staff. Find out more about BYO here →