Windrush and Migrations Opera in Concert

A powerful evening of opera celebrating journey, resilience and belonging. Featuring Migrations by Todd Wills and Windrush Opera by Des Oliver and Edson Burton, this concert brings to life the stories, memories and voices of migration through moving music and bold storytelling. A perfect way to mark Windrush Day 2026!

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Windrush & Migrations

Broadway Theatre Catford

First seen al fresco in 2012, Will Todd and Maggie Gottlieb’s free-wheeling, tongue-twisting adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s surreal classic for Opera Holland Park gives voice to the curious and curioser characters of the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, and a positively terrifying Queen of Hearts in music that darts from a coloratura showpiece for a singing Bottle to the smoky blues of a Caterpillar with no work ethic.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Opera Holland Park

After a successful run of performances at Smith Square Hall in 2024, Opera Holland Park brings back Will Todd’s enchanting musical retelling of A Christmas Carol. Scored for eight singers, a trio of piano, double bass and accordion, and narrator, Todd weaves the melodies of traditional Victorian carols and the midwinter chimes of handbells through each episode of Charles Dickens’s seasonal ghost story.

A Christmas Carol

Smith Square Hall

After a successful run of performances at Smith Square Hall in 2024, Opera Holland Park brings back Will Todd and David Simpatico’s enchanting musical retelling of A Christmas Carol. Scored for eight singers, a trio of piano, double bass and accordion, and actor, Todd weaves the melodies of traditional Victorian carols and the midwinter chimes of handbells through each episode of Charles Dickens’s seasonal ghost story.

A Christmas Carol 2025

Rackleys Chiltern Hills

In an age of resurgent conflict and frenetic demands on our attention, our 2025 Choral Pilgrimage: Angel of Peace offers a slice of tranquillity in many forms courtesy of luminous, purifying music traversing six centuries. From the enraptured songs of the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen to the magical realm of a brand new work by the contemporary composer Anna Clyne, nine pieces of music from across the centuries speak of peace and acceptance and the ecstatic joy their reassurance can bring.

The Choral Pilgrimage 2025

Chichester Cathedral

Exeter Cathedral

Greyfriars Kirk

Southwell Minster

St George's Church

St James' Church, Egerton

Tewkesbury Abbey

Truro Cathedral

Wells Cathedral

Derby Cathedral

National Concert Hall

Hereford Cathedral

Hexham Abbey

St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London

Peterborough Cathedral

Donna M. Di Grazia, David J. Baldwin Professor of Music, leads the celebrated Pomona College Glee Club in a bouquet of unaccompanied music by Williametta Spencer, Will Todd, Paul Mealor, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Christoph Bach, and Sean Kirchner. The program will also feature Handel’s magnificent Dixit Dominus, performed with student soloists and Harmonologia Pomona a period-instrument ensemble in collaboration with faculty members Malachai Bandy (violone), Alfred Cramer (violin), Cynthia Fogg (viola), and friends.

Pomona College Glee Club

Pomona College

Following sell-out performances, Will Todd and David Simpatico’s musical retelling of A Christmas Carol comes to Cadogan Hall for the first time this December.

Scored for eight singers, an actor, and a trio of piano, double bass and accordion, Will Todd’s enchanting score weaves Victorian carols and the midwinter chimes of handbells through Charles Dickens’ timeless ghost story.

In a libretto drawn by David Simpatico from the much-loved 1848 novella, we meet Ebenezer Scrooge, the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and the friends whose kindness teaches him the true meaning of Christmas.

A Christmas Carol: A Musical Retelling

Cadogan Hall

Will Todd

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 13, 2026

A Christmas Carol: A Musical Retelling · Cadogan Hall

Past events

Jun 25, 2026

Windrush & Migrations · Broadway Theatre Catford

19 - 27 Jun, 2026

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland · Opera Holland Park

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