Dear Friends: Our final tour to visit New York City and attend great performances at the Metropolitan Opera during its 2010-2011 season has just ended. We are now looking forward to the Metropolitan Opera's 2011-2012 Season and have planned five tours for this outstanding season. Here are previews for our five tours which include new productions, returning favorites and a complete RING Cycle. Please check back with us soon for all the day-by-day details. AUTUMN OPERA GALA October 13 - 16, 2011 At the Met: DON GIOVANNI (Rebeka, Frittoli, Erdmann, Vargas, Kwiecien, Pisaroni, Bloom, Kocán; Levine), IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Leonard, Camarena, Mattei, Muraro, Burchuladze; Benini), ANNA BOLENA (Netrebko, Garanca, Mumford, Costello, Abdrazakov; Armiliato), NABUCCO (Guleghina, Tatum, Lee, Lucic, Colombara; Carignani). WINTER OPERA GALA February 23 - 26, 2012 At the Met: AIDA (Urmana, Blythe, Álvarez, Ataneli, Morris, Bisch; Armiliato), DON GIOVANNI (Rebeka, Dasch, Leonard, Polenzani, Finley, Relyea, Shenyang, Morris; Davis), ERNANI (Meade, Licitra, Hvorostovsky, Furlanetto; Armiliato), MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Racette, Zifchak, Giordani, Chmelo; Armiliato). MARCH MADNESS at the MET March 15 - 18, 2012 At the Met: MACBETH (Michael, Pittas, Hampson, Groissböck; Noseda), L’ÉLISIR D’AMORE (Damrau, Flórez, Kwiecien, Corbelli; Renzetti), KHOVANSHCHINA (Borodina, Didyk, Galouzine, Gagnidze, Kotscherga, Abdrazakov; Petrenko), DON GIOVANNI (Rebeka, Dasch, Leonard, Polenzani, Finley, Relyea, Shenyang, Morris; Davis). SPRING OPERA GALA April 4 - 8, 2012 At the Met: DAS RHEINGOLD (Harmer, Blythe, Bardon, Margita, Siegel, Terfel, Owens, Selig, König; Levine), MACBETH (Michael, Pittas, Hampson, Groissböck; Noseda), LA TRAVIATA (Dessay, Polenzani, Hvorostovsky; Luisi), MANON (Netrebko, Beczala, Szot, Pittsinger; Luisi). Wagner’s DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN, Cycle 3 May 5 - 12, 2012 DAS RHEINGOLD (Harmer, Blythe, Bardon, Margita, Brubaker, Terfel, Fink, Selig, König; Levine) DIE WALKÜRE (Voigt, Westbroek, Blythe, Kaufmann, Terfel, König; Levine), SIEGFRIED (Voigt, Bardon, Gould, Brubaker, Terfel, Fink; Levine), GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Voigt, Harmer, Cargill, Gould, Paterson, Fink, König; Levine). With all best wishes, Mary T. Dailey President