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PARIS
(THREE OPERA HOUSES)
& L O N D O N
(THE ROYAL OPERA)
Sunday 6
th
seven nights :
to Sunday 13th April, 2 0 1 4
Cecilia Bartoli – Anna Netrebko
Joseph Calleja – Bryn Terfel – Simon Keenlyside
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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D R A F T I T I N E R A R Y - tba
Day 1
Sunday, 6th April
arrive in PARIS
Check into the M E R C U R E H O T E L
* * * * HOTEL MERCURE
CHAMPS ELYSEES
51 rue Lauriston
75116 – PARIS
(+33) 1 56 26 59 29
www.mercure.com/gb/hotel7096-mercure-paris-champselysees
A four star hotel – near L’Etoile.
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Day 2
Monday, 7th April
in PARIS
Rossini’s “L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI” at the PALAIS GARNIER
Riccardo Frizza
Andrei Serban
Conductor
Stage director
Ildebrando d’Arcangelo
Jaël Azzaretti
Anna Pennisi
Nahuel Di Pierro
Kenneth Tarver
Varduhi Abrahamyan
Tassis Christoyannis
Mustafà
Elvira
Zulma
Haly
Lindoro
Isabella
Taddeo
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Day 3
Tuesday, 8th April
in PARIS
Wagner’s “TRISTAN UND ISOLDE” at the BASTILLE OPERA
Philippe Jordan
Peter Sellars
Conductor
Stage director
Robert Dean Smith
Franz Josef Selig
Violeta Urmana
Jochen Schmeckenbecher
Janina Baechle
Raimund Nolte
Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Tristan
König Marke
Isolde
Kurwenal
Brangäne
Melot
Ein Hirt / Ein junger Seemann
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Wednesday 9th April
Day 4
in PARIS
Rossini’s “OTELLO” at the Theatre des Champs Elysees
Jean-Christophe Spinosi
Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier
John Osborn
Cecilia Bartoli
Edgardo Rocha
Barry Banks
Peter Kalman
Liliana Nikiteanu
Nicola Pamio
Conductor
Stage Directors
Otello
Desdemona
Rodrigo
Iago
Elmiro
Emilia
Le Doge
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Day 5
Thursday 10th April
by CHUNNEL to LONDON
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LONDON
****REMBRANDT
KNIGHTSBRIDGE
HOTEL
11 Thurloe Place
London SW7 2RS
+44 20 758 98 100
www.sarovarembrandthotel.com
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Day 6
Friday 11th April
in LONDON
Possible Morning tour:
The Courtauld Institute’s Gallery in Somerset House
on the Strand is one of the most special in London
(analogous to the Frick Collection in New York City).
It has a very high proportion of famous masterpieces –
with many impressionist and post-impressionist works including “The Opera Box” by Renoir.
One of the finest, and least known art
collections in London is that of the Wallace
Collection, housed in Manchester House.
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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7:30 pm
THE ROYAL OPERA – Gounod’s “FAUST”
Conductor
Director
Maurizio Benini
Sir David McVicar
Faust
Marguerite
Méphistophélès
Valentin
Joseph Calleja
Anna Netrebko
Bryn Terfel
Simon Keenlyside
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Day 7
Saturday 12th April
in LONDON
Walking visit to Sir John Soane’s Museum –
the astonishing collection of the architect of the
Bank of England – who was one of the most
eclectic and eccentric collectors of all time.
For opera lovers, the collection houses the
Hogarth cycle of “the Rake’s Progress” which
inspired Stravinsky’s opera.
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
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Sunday 13th April
Day 8
fly home
Independent transfers and independent air arrangements.
To register for this tour please contact
and submit the completed Booking Form to:
William Andrews
New Wave Travel,
1075 Bay Street, Toronto, M5S 2B1
william@newwavetravel.net
( 4 1 6 ) 9 2 8 3 1 1 3 ext 224
New Wave Travel is a Canadian Company registered
under the Ontario Travel Industry Act, Registration No. 01337762.
6 Blythwood Gardens Toronto Ontario M4N 3L3
www.opera-is.com
(416) 486 8408
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