Opera in Paris
Guilio Cesare
Beatrice di Tenda
La Traviata
Dates & Prices
13-17 February 2024
£tbc please enquire for prices
13-17 February 2024
£tbc please enquire for prices
Deposit £700
Accommodation
Hotel Edouard VII (4*)
Including bed & breakfast
Group Size
Between 5 and 10 people
What’s included
Tickets to three operas
Seats in the stalls at 1st rank, where possible.
Entry to:
All museums and exhibitions.
Dinner or opera supper with wine on three nights
Staying at the heart of Paris in the luxurious Hotel Edouard VII close to Place de l’Opera we enjoy three nights of contrasting and vibrant opera.
Handel's
Guilio Cesare at the Palais Garnier is followed by Bellini's rarely heard opera,
Beatrice di Tenda. Verdi's ever popular
La Traviata completes the trio
Optional visits to the Musee Carnavalet and the Musee de la Vie Romantique.
The major boutiques are close to the Hotel including the Galeries Lafayette.
The tour begins at the hotel allowing independent travel. We are happy to assist with travel arrangements and Eurostar bookings. The tour can be extended by an extra night for those wishing to come early or stay later.
Day 1
We meet at the Hotel which is very close to the Opera Garnier. We meet for welcome drinks and an early supper followed by an introduction to Gulio Cesare before the performance.
Giulio Cesare (George Frideric Handel), Laurent Pelly (director), Harry Bicket (conductor), Lisette Oropesa (Cleopatra), Marianne Crebassa (Sesto), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (Cornelia), Iestyn Davies (Tolomeo), Luca Pisaroni (Achilla), Rémy Brès (Nireno), Adrien Mathonat (Curio).
Day 2
A morning visit to the Maison Victor Hugo and the Museum Carnavalet
An opera talk is followed by an early dinner before our evening performance at the Bastille
Beatrice di Tenda (Vincenzo Bellini), Peter Sellars (director), Mark Wigglesworth (conductor), Quinn Kelsey (Filippo Visconti), Tamara Wilson (Beatrice di Tenda), Natalia Kutateladze (Agnese del Maino), Pene Pati (Orombello), Amitai Pati (Anichino)
Day 3
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 La Traviata
at the Bastille.
La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi), Simon Stone (director), Giacomo Sagripanti (conductor), Nadine Sierra (Violetta Valéry), René Barbera (Alfredo Germont), Ludovic Tézier (Giorgio Germont), Marine Chagnon (Flora Bervoix), Cassandre Berthon (Annina), Maciej Kwaśnikowski (Gastone), Alejandro Baliñas Vieites (Il Barone Douphol), Florent Mbia (Il Marchese d’Obigny), Hyun-Jong Roh (Giuseppe), Olivier Ayault (Domestico), Pierpaolo Palloni (Commissionario)
Day 4
Check out will be available after breakfast.
An extra pre-tour night is available for those who wish to travel early.