Tours for 2025/26

Le nozze di Figaro, ballet and a Bernstein concert in Oslo, Lise Davidsen (Macbeth), ballet and Idomeneo in Copenhagen, Turandot and Madama Butterfly in Stockholm. Optional post-tour Helsinki with 3 nights and overnight cruise from Stockholm. Glorious 5-star hotels.

The 150th Anniversary Festival, with a new Ring under the baton of Christian Thielemann, plus Der fliegende Holländer, Rienzi and Parsifal. Day trips to Bamberg and Nürnberg (WWII art bunker, Dürer Museum). H4 Hotel Residenzschloss.

Optima Category seats for Wagner’s Ring at the Opéra Bastille. Pablo Heras-Casado conducts; cast includes Iain Paterson, Elza van den Heever, Günther Groissböck, Kwangchul Youn, Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan.
Seine dinner cruise, tours of the Louvre, Rodin Museum, Orangerie, Sainte-Chapelle, Marmottan.

5-star Hôtel d'Aubusson (Left Bank).

Der Ring des Nibelungen (Pablo Heras-Casado conducts a Sven-Eric Bechtolf production) at the Vienna State Opera, plus Così fan tutte, Kate Lindsey at the Konzerthaus, Sheku Kanneh-Mason at the Musikverein.

Budapest day trip. Lipizzaner Horses. Sacher Hotel.

Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly, The Magic Flute, Handel’s Rodelinda, and the American Premiere of Tobias Picker's Lili Elbe. Plus the Apprentice Scenes concert and 2 concerts at the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

Private lectures, superb meals, Inn of the Anasazi.

SALZBURG: Seasonal Music, Opera Operetta, Mozart music and sites. Salzkammergut and The Sound of Music touring. 5-star Hotel Bristol.

VIENNA: Two operas, dress rehearsal of Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Day concert at the Musikverein, Beethoven's 9th Symphony at the Konzerthaus. 5-star Sacher Hotel.

With Tosca, Il turco in Italia & L'Orfeo at Glyndebourne; Le nozze di Figaro & Anna Netrebko in recital at Covent Garden; La traviata and Der Rosenkavalier at Garsington.
Grand Hotel Brighton; Firmdale Covent Garden Hotel London; Danesfield House (Oxford-Garsington).

With Falstaff, Petite Messe Solennelle, Il trovatore, Rigoletto.

Private Sistine Chapel tour, superb meals & expert-led touring.

Relais & Chǎteaux Palazzo Ripetta Rome, Masseria Torre Maizza in Puglia, Grand Hotel et des Palmes Palermo.

With Aida (Armiliato; Hawkins, Baek, Petrova), Parsifal (Nézet-Séguin; Garanča, Beczała, Mattei, Speedo Green) and Tosca (Armiliato; Radvanovsky, Polenzani, Enkhbat, Carfizzi). Plus Carnegie Hall concert (Kissin, Vengerov, Capuçon) and the Lincoln Center Diamond Jubilee Gala. Superb library/art tours and cuisine. Firmdale Whitby Hotel.