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. NEW YEAR'S in VIENNA December 28, 2007 - January 2, 2008 IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, DIE FLEDERMAUS, BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY, VIENNA PHILHARMONIC dress rehearsal concert for the famous NEW YEAR’S DAY CONCERT. Option to attend the IMPERIAL BALL. Deluxe Bristol Hotel. SAN FRANCISCO OPERA November 28 - December 2, 2007 Stravinsky's THE RAKE’S PROGRESS (Burden, Aikin, Graves, Morris; Runnicles; Lepage), Puccini's LA RONDINE (Gheorghiu, Didyk; Marin), Verdi's MACBETH (Hampson, Lukács; Zanetti), Puccini's MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Racette, Jovanovich, Powell; Runnicles). Deluxe hotel, interesting excursions. VERDI FESTIVAL in ITALY Turin, Genoa, Parma, Milan, Venice October 19 - 29, 2007 Turin: FALSTAFF. Genoa: I VESPRI SICILIANI. Parma’s Verdi Festival: LUISA MILLER, OBERTO, LA TRAVIATA. La Scala in Milan: LE PARC (ballet with Mozart music). La Fenice in Venice: THAÏS. SANTA FE OPERA July 30 - August 3, 2007 Puccini's LA BOHÈME, Mozart's COSÌ FAN TUTTE, Rameau's PLATÉE, Strauss's DAPHNE. LONDON and PARIS June 23 - July 2, 2007 In London at the Royal Opera House/Covent Garden: FIDELIO (Mattila), KATYA KABANOVA, DON GIOVANNI (Netrebko), THAÏS (Fleming, Hampson). Paris, Palais Garnier: Recital by Christine Schäfer, LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE, LA TRAVIATA (Schäfer, Kaufmann, Van Damm); Bastille: UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Brown, Alvarez).