Sit under the 1000-seat canopy, temporarily erected every summer for a nine-week season in the middle of Holland Park, for a mix of crowd-pleasers and more-obscure works. Four or five operas are generally performed each year. There is no dress code, and performances finish by 10.30pm.
Opera Holland Park
Notting Hill & West London
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