Karita Mattila, Thomas Hampson, Rene Pape and Michael Fabiano in San Francisco June 14-18, 2016
also features music by Stravinsky from his charming ballet Petroushka. Did we mention a wine country tour to the areas of Sonoma and Napa, with free San Francisco in June is always delight- wine tastings, and a group dinner at one of ful, made more so if you can enjoy a little San Francisco's outstanding restaurants? opera and wine along the way. Here is our itinerary: The Lyric Opera Guild has Tuesday, June 14. We leave put together a five-day trip Kansas City for San Francisco, which will permit you to en- arriving in time to transfer to joy opera, wine, and the plea- our hotel and enjoy a group sures of the City on the Bay. dinner prior to strolling to the The trip includes the fabu- nearby War Memorial Opera lous soprano Karita Mattilain House for Janacek's Jenufa a performance of a major but starring sopranos Karita Mat- infrequently performed work, tila and Malin Bystrom, with Janacek's moving Jenufa. This tenor William Burden. tragic story with an uplifting Wednesday, June 15. The Karita Mattila ending contains some of the day is yours to explore the most moving music in all of delights of San Francisco. Per- 20th century opera. haps you would enjoy a stroll Then we will enjoy one of along Fisherman's Wharf or Verdi's most elaborate operas, a ferry ride to Sausalito or a Don Carlo, with an all star shopping expedition in Union cast featuring hotshot tenor Square. Michael Fabiano, the huge- This evening we gather for voiced German bass Rene a walk to the opera house for Pape and famed baritone Mar- Verdi's monumental Don Car- iusz Kwieczen. This is one Michael Fabiano lo, with an all-star cast featur- you will likely never see in ing tenor Michael Fabiano, so- Kansas City! prano Krassimira Stoyanova, The trip also includes mezzo Nadia Krasteva, bari- a performance by the San tone Mariusz Kwiecien and the Francisco Symphony at Da- magnificent bass Rene Pape. vies Hall with one of opera's Thursday, June 16. We greatest performers, Thomas spend today touring the wine Hampson, performing The areas of Napa and Sonoma, Wound Dresser, a 1989 song seeing several working win- cycle based upon a poem by eries and enjoying some free Walt Whitman. The concert Thomas Hampson (continued on next page)
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wine tastings along our route, along with gorgeous scenery. Friday, June 17. After another free day to explore San Fran- cisco, you will join us at Davies Hall for a San Francisco Sym- phony performance featuring conduc- tor Michael Tilson Thomas and baritone Thomas Hampson Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. in The Wound Dresser by John Adams. Also on the program is New for Guild members! the ballet music from Petrouchka by Igor Are you a member of the Lyric Opera Guild? Stravinsky. If so, this trip will include a special extra just for you, as a benefit for being a Guild mem- Saturday, June 18. We return to Kansas ber. If you are not a member and would like City with the sights and sounds of Califor- to inquire about Guild membership, please nia in your memory. contact our Guild membership chair, Una Creditor, at (816) 666-8816 or at ucreditor@ gmail.com. Tour Cost: Land Arrangements ...... $1,825 Airfare from and to Kansas City ...... $575 If you have any questions please call Total ...... $2,400 our tour guide, Don Dagenais, at (816) Added single supplement (if you want a 444-7407 (evenings) or (816) 460-5715 single room at the hotel)...... $500 (days) or e-mail him at ddagenais503@ gmail.com. Thanks!