BAYREUTH FESTIVAL August 12 - 15, 2010 Wagner's DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG and PARSIFAL at the Richard Wagner Festival. SANTA FE OPERA August 9 - 14, 2010 MADAME BUTTERFLY, THE MAGIC FLUTE, THE TALES OF HOFFMANN, LIFE IS A DREAM, ALBERT HERRING. Plus fascinating sightseeing in "the land of enchantment." LONDON and GLYNDEBOURNE August 2 - 5, 2010 London: PROMS CONCERT at the Royal Albert Hall conducted by Donald Runnicles with music by Foulds, Vaughan Williams and Elgar. Glyndebourne: HÄNSEL UND GRETEL with Alice Coote, Lydia Teuscher, and Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke; Robin Ticciati conducting. SAVONLINNA OPERA FESTIVAL July 15 - 19, 2010 Performances of CARMEN and LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR at the Olavinlinna Castle, site of Finland's Savonlinna Opera Festival. Sightseeing in Helsinki, Kerimäki and Retretti. WHITE NIGHTS FESTIVAL in ST. PETERSBURG July 13 - 19, 2010 Performances of ATTILA, CARMEN, EUGENE ONEGIN, SWAN LAKE, LA BAYADÈRE, and a PRIVATE PIANO CONCERT at the Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment, plus extensive sightseeing to the museums and palaces of this extraordinary city. Wagner's DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN in Los Angeles May 29 - June 7, 2010 The Los Angeles Opera presents Wagner's RING staged and designed by Achim Freyer and conducted by James Conlon. The outstanding cast includes Michelle DeYoung, Linda Watson, Plácido Domingo, John Treleaven, and Vitalij Kowaljow. In addition, there will be a concert by the vibrant American soprano Christine Brewer at the Frank Gehry designed Walt Disney Concert Hall. ITALIAN OPERA GALA Turin, Milan, Florence, Venice May 20 - 29, 2010 TURIN: at the Teatro Regio, LA BOHÈME. MILAN: at La Scala, DAS RHEINGOLD. FLORENCE: at the 83rd Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, which is honoring Chopin for the 200th Anniversary of his birth, a Chopin Piano Recital by Daniel Barenboim plus a Concert with Zubin Mehta conducting Bartók’s “The Miraculous Mandarin” and Chopin’s Concertos Numbers 1 and 2 with Daniel Barenboim pianist. VENICE: at La Fenice, DON GIOVANNI. SPRINGTIME on OUR SHORES May 16 - 29, 2010 Cruise on the deluxe Clelia II: West Palm Beach, Charleston, Yorktown, Colonial Williamsburg, Newport, Portland, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Louisbourg, Argentia, St. Johns. A grand voyage and music cruise from Florida to Newfoundland on board the all-suite, 100-guest, Clelia II. Performing artists include Jeffrey Brown, Juliana Di Giacomo, Chad Johnson - and guest lecturers William Ferris and Dwight Young. SPAIN - Barcelona, Valencia, Madrid April 21 - 30, 2010 Barcelona: DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL. Valencia: LA TRAVIATA. Madrid: SALOME and CROWN JEWELS. DRESDEN and PRAGUE March 21 - 29, 2010 Dresden: DER ROSENKAVALIER, DIE SCHWEIGSAME FRAU, a recital by Sir John Tomlinson at the Semperoper. Leipzig: Organ Recital at ST. THOMAS CHURCH, Bach's ST. JOHN PASSION at the Gewandhaus, Riccardo Chailly conducting. Prague: THE MAGIC FLUTE (Estates Theatre), and LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (National Theatre). Outstanding casts. Great sightseeing. An exquisite musical experience. 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.