Opera Tours
Enjoy wonderful music in some of Europe's finest opera houses and festivals
Our music tours and city breaks enable you to enjoy a cultural holiday visiting galleries, museums and places of interest alongside first class performances. All our hotels are carefully chosen for comfort and style.
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Opera in Paris
Three evenings of French opera, performed at the Bastille, the Opera Comique, and the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
Rameau: Samson
Massenet: Werther
We stay at the Hotel Edouard VII close to the Palais Garnier and the Opera Comique.
All our tours begin at the Hotel.
Opera in Paris
Day 1
Arrive during the day at the Hotel Edouard VII in the heart of the city close to the Galeries Lafayettes.
Welcome dinner a local restaurant, close to the Opera Bastille, before the evening performance.
Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande
Cast includes: Sabine Devielhe, Huw Montague Randall, Sophie Koch, Gordon Binter
Day 2
This morning we visit the Musee de la Vie Romantique which commemorates the lives of Georges Sand, Chopin and Pauline Viardot. Some free time during the afternoon before we gather for dinner and tonight’s performance of Rameau's Samson at the Opera Comique.
Conductor: Raphael Pinchon
Cast includes: Jaret Ott, Ana Maria Labin, Julie Roset, Mirco Palaxxi,Camile Chopin.
Day 3
Today we visit the Cite de la Musique which house a wonderful coleection of instruments and displays. Once again there will be free time to sample the city before we meet for dinner and a short talk about tonight’s opera.
Massenet's Werther
Conductor: Marc Leroy-Calatayud
Cast includes: Benjamin Bernheim, Marina Viotti, Jean-Sebastian Bou, Sandra Hamaoui
Day 4
Guests make there way home after a leisurely breakfast.
20-23 March 2025
£tbc per person sharing a double room
£150 Single supplement for a double room
Deposit £600
Accommodation
Hotel Edouard VII (5*)
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
A small group of between 4 and 9 people
What’s included:
Tickets to three operas
Dinner on three nights at local restaurants
Opera and Music in Hamburg
A visit to the spectacular Elbphilharmonie and the Hamburg Staatsoper, for three operas and an orchestral concert.
Verdi: Falstaff
Puccini: La Fianciulla del West
Verdi: Il trovatore
Martinu: Double Concerto,
Bruch; Violin Concerto, Dvorak: Seventh Symphony
We stay at the splendid Hotel Steigenberger, close to the centre of Hamburg
All our tours begin at the Hotel.
Opera and Music in Hamburg
Day 1
Arrive during the day at the Hotel Steigenberger in the heart of the city.
Welcome dinner in the hotel or a local restaurant
Day 2
Today we visit the fine collection of medieval art in the Kunsthalle. There will be time to explore the city in the afternoon before we meet again for a short talk on tonight’s opera. Dinner will be taken in a nearby restaurant before we walk to the Staatsoper for a performance of La Fianciulla del West by Puccini.
Day 3
Today we visit the atmospheric Dreichstrasse and the waterfront. Once again there will be free time to sample the city before we meet for dinner and a short talk about tonight’s opera.
Verdi: Il trovatore
Day 4
This morning we travel to the stunning concert hall, the Elbphilharmonie on the waterfront for a symphony concert by the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg conducted by James Conlon.
Daniel Cho is soloist in Bruch's Violin Concerto and the programme also includes Martinu's Double Concerto and Dvorak's captivating 7th Symphony.
Free time in the afternoon before the evening performance of Verdi's Falstaff
Day 5
Guests make there way home after a leisurely breakfast.
3-7 April 2025
£2495 per person sharing a double room
£250 Single supplement for a double room
Deposit £600
Accommodation
Hotel Steigenberger (5*)
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
A small group of between 4 and 9 people
What’s included:
Tickets to the concert in the Elbphilharmonie.
Tickets to three operas at the Staatsoper
Dinner on three nights at local restaurants
Wagner in Berlin
A feast of Wagner at Deutsche Oper and at the Staatsoper in Berlin.
Lohengrin, Parsifal and Tannhausser
We stay at the 5* Westin Grand Hotel close to the Unter den Linden in the heart of Friedrichstadt.
Parsifal is performed at the Staatsoper as part of the Berlin Festtage.
All our tours begin at the Hotel.
Wagner in Berlin
Day 1
Arrive at the Hotel Westin Grand in the afternoon before welcome drinks and dinner at a local restaurant.
Day 2
Today we visit the Museum Island in the morning. After dinner at a nearby restaurant we travel to Deutsche Oper for the performance of Lohengrin.
Cast includes: Byung Gil Kim, Attilio Glaser, Flurina Stucki, Nina Stemme and Dean Murphy
Day 3
Today we visit the German Historical Museum in the morning. A late lunch precedes today's performance of Parsifal at the nearby Staatsoper at 16h00
Cast includes: Lauri Vasar, Rene Pape, Andeas Shager, Tomas Tomasson, Kurt Rydl.
Day 4
This morning there is free time before we meet for lunch and travel to Deutsches Oper for the performance of Tannhauser at 17h00
Cast includes: Tobias Kehrer, Klaus Florian Vogt, Samuel Hasselhorn, Elisabeth Tiege, Marcus Brook.
Day 5
Guests make there way home after a leisurely breakfast.
10-14 April 2025
£X per person sharing a double room
Single supplement for a double room
Deposit £750
Prices on application
Accommodation
Westin Grand Hotel (5*)
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
A small group of between 4 and 9 people
What’s included:
Tickets to three operas, two at Deutsches Oper and one at the Staatsoper Festtage performance of Parsifal
Dinner or Lunch on three days at local restaurants
The Ring in Sofia
The Wagner Festival in Sofia includes a refreshing production of The Ring Cycle which is fast establishing itself with opera fans.
Our stay incudes visits to historic sites and we stay at a 4* hotel in the capital.
Full details soon
All our tours begin at the Hotel.
The Ring in Sofia
Full itinerary to be confirmed in early February
Day 1
Arrive at the Grand Hotel 5* in Sofia
Welcome drinks and dinner
Day 2
Tour of Sophia in the morning and visit to the National Art Gallery
Evening performance of Das Rheingold
Day 3
Visit to historic sites during the day
Evening performance of Die Walkure
Day 4
Visit to Plovdiv and the Bachkovo Monastery.
Free evening
Day 5
Independent sightseeing in the morning before the evening performance of Siegfried
Day 6
Visit to the Rila Monastery and a free evening
Day 7
Lunch in a restaurant before the final performance in the cycle - Gotterdammerung
Day 8
The tour ends after breakfast.
Air fares are not included.
The Ring in Sofia
27 June - 4 July
£2995 per person sharing a double room
£250 Single supplement for a double room
Deposit £900
Accommodation
The Grand Hotel 5* in Sophia
Group Size
A small group of between 4 and 9 people
What’s included:
Tickets to all four operas in the Cycle.
Dinner or Lunch on five days at the hotel or local restaurants
Sightseeing trips and historical visits.
Verona Opera Festival
The Verona Opera Festival, founded in 1913 by the legendary tenor Zenatello, is an unmissable experience of wonderful spectacle and fine singing. The colossal scale of the productions, hushed thousands in the arena, the massed chorus and the intimate solos under the moonlight, make this a truly unique experience.
The atmosphere in the arena is one of near tangible magic, one of the great cultural events of the Italian summer as we enjoy three nights of operatic magic under the stars.
All our tours begin at the Hotel.
Verona Opera Festival
We stay at the stylish, historic, Hotel Accademia (4* Superior) which was the home of the legendary tenor Zenatello, who founded the Arena Festival in 1913.
It is just a few minutes away from the Piazza del Erbe and Piazza Bra
The arena is a magnificent space with seating for almost 14,000. Seats are in the Poltronissime which enables an excellent and comfortable view of the stage in the centre of the arena.
Day 1
We meet at the hotel during the afternoon for a sightseeing walk in central Verona including the tombs of the Scaligeri and the church of Sant'Anastasia before drinks, an opera talk and dinner.
Day 2
This morning we explore the basilica of San Zeno and the medieval Castelvecchio which houses a fine collection of Renaissance paintings. After a free afternoon we meet again for an opera talk followed by dinner in the Piazza Bra. After this we stroll across to the arena for a performance of Verdi's Nabucco.
Day 3
After a leisurely breakfast we head out to the vineyards of the Vallpollicella region for a wine tasting and lunch at a fattoria. An optional dinner will be in a restaurant close to the arena before the evening’s performance of Verdi's La Traviata.
Day 4
A free day to explore the streets and piazzas of this beautiful city. An optional trip to Mantua may be available. Dinner will be in a restaurant close to the arena before the evening’s performance of Bizet's Carmen.
Day 5
Today we visit the Palazzo Verità Poeta and Sala Morone in S. Bernardino monastery.
A final dinner will be celebrated before we head into the arena for a performance of Verdi's monumental Aida.
Day 6
After a final leisurely breakfast guests are free to depart.
Solo travellers are most welcome to join the tour manager and assistant for additional tours and lunches throughout the tour. We are keen that everyone feels involved and gets the most out of the tour.
This tour can be extended by a day for those who wish to visit Lake Garda and Sirmione after the opera.
Easyjet, Ryan Air and others provide a range of low-cost flights to Verona Villafranca and Venice is just over an hour by train.
A easy coach or taxi connection from the airport takes around 20 minutes
Dates & Prices
23-28 July 2025
£2995 per person
for a double/twin room
£300 Single supplement
Additional nights available
Deposit: £1000
Accommodation
Staying at the Hotel Accademia (4*Superior) in Verona
Estimated Group Size
Between 5 and 10 people
What's included
Tickets to four operas at the stalls in Poltronissime Gold (comfortable seats in the middle stalls)
Opera talks for each performance
All entrance tickets to museums galleries etc
Two dinners at nearby restaurants
or in the hotel.
Vineyard excursion, wine tasting and lunch
at a local fattoria.