NEW YEAR’S IN VIENNA December 28, 2009 - January 3, 2010 DIE FLEDERMAUS, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic Preview Concert for its famous NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT. Option to attend the IMPERIAL BALL in the Hofburg Palace. Special included air fares from Austrian Airlines. POLAND and PRAGUE November 6 - 16, 2009 Warsaw: ONEGIN ballet, Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE and a CHOPIN RECITAL. Krakow: Puccini's TOSCA, Szymanowski’s KING ROGER. Two CONCERTS in the 5th Festival of Polish Music. Wroclaw: Puccini's LA BOHÈME. Prague: Mozart's DON GIOVANNI at the Estates Theater where it was premiered with Mozart conducting. CHICAGO LYRIC OPERA November 6 - 9, 2009 Gounod's FAUST (Kaiser, Martínez, Ketelsen; Davis), Verdi's ERNANI (Licitra, Radvanovsky, Daniel, Prestia; Palumbo). A concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink. SOUTH AMERICA Chile, Argentina & Uruguay October 31 - November 15, 2009 Performances in Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Special sightseeing in these fascinating countries. An optional tour to Iguazú Falls also offered. The deluxe RIVER CLOUD CRUISE JOHANN STRAUSS and the BLUE DANUBE October 31 - November 7, 2009 Strauss’s great grandnephew, Dr. Eduard Strauss, lectures. Waltz lesson in Vienna. Concert in Budapest. Optional opera performance in Vienna. Interesting shore excursions. ITALIAN OPERA GALA including the VERDI FESTIVAL in PARMA October 14 - 22, 2009 Milan (La Scala): Donizetti’s LE CONVENIENZE ED INCONVENIENZE TEATRALI and Mozart's IDOMENEO Parma: VERDI FESTIVAL: Verdi’s NABUCCO and I DUE FOSCARI and a CONCERT by the FILARMONICA TOSCANINI. Turin: Verdi's LA TRAVIATA. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA September 23 - 27, 2009 ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO (Dunleavy, Christy, Polenzani, Bidlack, Rose; Meister), IL TRITTICO (Racette, Gavanelli, Jovanovich, Podles, Silvestrelli; Summers), IL TROVATORE (Berti, Radvanovsky, Blythe, Hvorostovsky; Luisotti). A concert by the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas with Thomas Hampson soloist. SANTA FE OPERA August 4 - 9, 2009 LA TRAVIATA, ALCESTE, L'ELISIR D'AMORE, THE LETTER, DON GIOVANNI. Deluxe hotel, great sightseeing, a lot of fun in the Land of Enchantment. WAGNER'S RING CYCLE in BAYREUTH July 26 – August 2, 2009 Wagner's complete DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth. SPRINGTIME IN ITALY May 28 - June 7, 2009 Venice (at La Fenice): MADAMA BUTTERFLY. Trieste: L'ITALIANA IN ALGERI. Turin: QUEEN OF SPADES. Genoa: RIGOLETTO. Milan (at La Scala): ASSASSINIO DELLA CATTEDRALE and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM; at the Verdi Auditorium, a CONCERT featuring Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 with Benedetto Lupo soloist and Brahms' Symphony No. 2; Aldo Ceccato conducting. GALA MUSIC CRUISE on board the deluxe MS DEUTSCHLAND May 21 - June 3, 2009 Hamburg, London, Aberdeen, Ullapool, Dublin, Cobh, Zeebrugge, Hamburg Distinguished classical musicians in concert and recitals, and in London, a choice of concert or opera. Free shore excursion package. MUSICAL POLAND Warsaw, Krakow, Wroclaw May 21 - 30, 2009 HAYDN CONCERT at the Royal Castle; a private CHOPIN PIANO CONCERT, ORFEO ED EURIDICE, FAUST, LA TRAVIATA, PARADISE LOST, KING ROGER. Fascinating sightseeing. NEW YEAR’S IN VIENNA December 28, 2008 - January 2, 2009 DIE FLEDERMAUS, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic dress rehearsal concert for its famous NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT. Option to attend the IMPERIAL BALL. Lipizzaners at the Spanish Riding School. Deluxe Ring Hotel. MUSICAL POLAND Warsaw, Wroclaw, Krakow November 5 - 12, 2008 Warsaw: LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR. Wroclaw: NABUCCO, RIGOLETTO, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Krakow: Paderewski’s MANRU; DON PASQUALE. A sensational opera program in still-affordable Poland, a veritable living museum. ITALIAN OPERA GALA Verdi Festival in Parma, La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, La Scala in Milan October 24 - November 4, 2008 Parma: GIOVANNA D’ARCO, RIGOLETTO. Busseto: IL CORSARO. Venice: NABUCCO and a concert. Genoa: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI. Milan: THE MERRY WIDOW. CLASSICAL MUSIC CRUISE on board the MV MOZART October 5 - 12, 2008 Cruising the Danube River Passau, Durnstein, Vienna, Esztergom, Budapest, Bratislava, Melk, Grein, Passau Five classical musicians perform on board. Evening performances in both Vienna and Budapest. GALA MUSIC CRUISE on board the deluxe MS DEUTSCHLAND September 18 - October 1, 2008 Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Honfleur, Lorient, Lisbon, Valencia, Sète, Monte Carlo Distinguished classical music celebrities in concert and recitals. A magnificent program. Free shore excursion package. ITALIAN OPERA FESTIVALS Pesaro, Verona, Torre del Lago August 16 - 24, 2008 Pesaro: ERMIONE, MAOMETTO II. Verona: a gala performance of ROMÉO ET JULIETTE, RIGOLETTO, AIDA. Torre del Lago: TOSCA, TURANDOT. Visit Italy at the height of its festival season. MUNICH and SALZBURG FESTIVALS July 30 - August 6, 2008 Munich: COSÌ FAN TUTTE, DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG. Salzburg: DON GIOVANNI, OTELLO, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC concert and a MOZART MATINEE. SANTA FE OPERA July 29 - August 3, 2008 LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, FALSTAFF, ADRIANA MATER, BILLY BUDD, RADAMISTO. Deluxe hotel, great sightseeing, a lot of fun in the Land of Enchantment. WHITE NIGHTS FESTIVAL in ST. PETERSBURG July 5 - 13, 2008 Six festival performances. A Private Concert at the Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment. Two visits to the Hermitage Museum including the Brilliant and Gold Rooms; a special cruise on the canals; extensive sightseeing to the summer palaces in Petrodvorets and Pushkin. Deluxe Moika Kempinski Hotel. ITALIAN OPERA GALA Catania, Palermo, Naples, Rome, Venice May 20 - June 1, 2008 Catania: MANON LESCAUT. Palermo: IL TRITTICO. Naples: I LOMBARDI. Rome: the ballet, IL CORSARO. Venice (La Fenice): TOSCA. BUDAPEST, VIENNA, PRAGUE April 15 - 24, 2008 Budapest: SWAN LAKE. Vienna: DER ROSENKAVALIER and typical Viennese outings. Prague: THE MAGIC FLUTE at the Estates Theater.