We meet at the hotel close to the impressive station. A welcome reception will be followed by a traditional German dinner in the Auerbachs Keller – a place immortalised by Goethe in Faust.

We will visit many of the historical places in the city, the Old Rathaus Museum, Wagner’s schoolroom, the Mendelssohn House, the fascinating Grassi Musical Instrument Museum and the Bach Archiv Museum. 

We will dine in Europe’s oldest coffee house, The Arabian Coffee Tree and hear the Christmas Oratorio in Bach’s own church, the Thomaskirche. 

Two evenings of opera at Leipzig’s magnificent opera house:

LA TRAVIATA - VERDI  

Conductor: Johannes Debus, Director: Andreas Homoki

Violetta: Valery Sarah Traubel, Flora: Bervoix Yaije Zhang, Annina: Samantha Gaul

Alfredo Germont: Matthias Stier, Giorgio Germont: Franz Xaver Schlecht 

Gastone: Alvaro Zambrano, Barone Douphol: Dmitri Vargin, Marchese d´Obigny: Demian Matushevskyi, Dottore Grenvil: Sejong Chang

LOHENGRIN - WAGNER  

Conductor: Christoph Gedschold,  Director: Patrick Bialdyga

Elsa: Emily Magee Ortrud: Kathrin Göring, Heinrich der Vogler: Randall Jakobsh, Lohengrin:Thomas Mohr, Telramund: Egils Silins, 

Heerrufer: Mathias Hausman

Flights are not included

Dates & Prices

7-11 December

£1995 per person for a double/twin room

£110 Single supplement

Deposit £400

Accommodation

Seaside Park Hotel (4*)

Including bed & breakfast 

Group Size

Between 5 and 10 people

What’s included

Tickets to the Christmas Oratorio in the Tomaskirche

Tickets to two operas 

Dinner on three nights at local restaurants