Join Us in October for Verdi and Wagner at the Met! October 7-11, 2015
When we looked over the Metropolitan and the rivet- Opera schedule for next season to think ing mezzo Elina about Lyric Opera Guild trips, there was Garanca, in the one combination in particular that caught same cast! our eye. The Met is staging a new produc- It was just tion next year of Verdi's Otello, his riveting too much to resist. So here is our plan: final opera which we have rarely seen and Wednesday, October 7. We depart for which should New York, ar- be quite spec- riving at Lincoln tacular. And Center and the the Met is also convenient Em- performing pire Hotel just Wagner's early across the street. masterpiece, That night we Tannhäuser, enjoy a group another clas- dinner together sic which we at Gabriel's, our rarely have a Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky favorite Lin- will exchange bel canto fireworks chance to see. with mezzo soprano Elina Ga- coln Center area What's even ranca in Donizetti's classic 19th restaurant. We better is that we century opera Anna Bolena (Ann aren't schedul- Boleyn), based upon British his- can see both of tory. ing a perfor- these two op- mance for that eras as well as Donizetti's bel canto master- night, but if you like, there is an optional piece Anna Bolena (Ann Boleyn) with the Il Trovatore at the Met with an all-star cast wonderful soprano Sondra Radvanovsky of Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Dolora Zajick and Yonghoon Lee. Thursday, October 8. The day is free for you to enjoy New York, then we will meet at the Met that evening for the season premiere of Wagner's Tannhäus- er, featuring a terrific cast of Eva Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung and Jo- han Botha. The legendary James Levine will be on the podium. This is an all-star Wagnerian cast. Friday, October 9. You have a free The Metropolitan Opera staging of Richard Wagner's day to enjoy the sights and culture of early classic Tannhäuser is a spectacular visual production.
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Full Names (as on driver’s license): ______Address: ______Please indicate if you would like to attend Il Trovatore: Yes No ($180 extra) Please indicate if you would like to attend the New York City Ballet: Yes No ($175 extra) Phone: (____) ______E-mail address: ______[check one] Single Room Double Room, sharing with ______Any special dietary restrictions? ______To reserve your spot on this trip, please send this form and a deposit of $1,000 per person by July 15, 2015. The remainder of your payment will be due on September 1, 2015. Please make your check payable to Lyric Opera Guild Trips and mail it to Don Dagenais, 5401 Brookside Blvd. # 503, Kansas City, MO 64112. If you wish to make your own air and/or hotel arrangements, let us know and deduct the air fare and/or hotel cost from your final payment (see trip cost summary on reverse side). Cancellation Policy This trip includes: Round trip air fare between Kansas City and New Your deposit and reservation constitute a ♫ York. contract for you to go on this trip. Upon Bus transportation to and from the airport and the receiving your deposit we will expend ♫ Empire Hotel. substantial sums to pay for your costs of Accommodations at the Empire Hotel for four nights. this trip. If you must cancel, you will still ♫ Orchestra section seats for three Metropolitan Opera owe the balance of the trip charge, but ♫ performances. we will return whatever portion of your trip Group meal Wednesday evening. costs we are able to recover. We strongly ♫ All baggage and porterage fees, except for any bag fees recommend trip cancellation insurance to ♫ the airline charges, which you must pay on your own. protect your investment in this trip. Please Tax deductible contribution to the Kansas City Lyric call your travel agent or check with trip ♫
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New York, or maybe do some early holi- way show. We also offer an optional per- day shopping on Fifth Avenue. Then we formance of the New York City Ballet at head to the Metropolitan Opera for bel the New York State Theatre just across the canto fireworks fromSondra Radvanovsky plaza from the Metropolitan Opera House, and Elina Garanca in Donizetti's Anna Bo- for those so lena. Get set for the spectacular confronta- inclined. The tion scene between the title character and performance Queen Elizabeth I, one of the most dramat- that evening ic scenes in all of bel canto opera, featuring is called Bal- these two great performers. anchine Black Saturday, October 10. This afternoon and White, and we go to the Metropolitan Opera for the features some Met's new production of Verdi's final (and classic ballets. many believe, greatest) opera, Otello. The Sunday, Shakespearean tragedy requires a cast of October 11. Tenor Alexandrs Antonenko immense talent and power, and the Met We return to stars in the title role of Otello in the has scheduled Sonya Yoncheva, Alexandrs Kansas City new Metropolitan Opera produc- tion. Antonenko and Zeljko Lucic, three of the with the tunes greatest dramatic singers on the stage to- of these won- day. derful operas ringing in our ears. On Saturday night you can have a lei- We hope you can join us in New York surely dinner, or perhaps take in a Broad- for what are sure to be three (or four) won- derful performances. Tour Cost: Land Arrangements ...... $1,900 If you have any questions please call Airfare from and to Kansas City ...... $500 our tour guide, Don Dagenais, at (816) Total ...... $2,400 444-7407 (evenings) or (816) 460-5715 Added single supplement (if you want a (days) or e-mail him at ddagenais503@ single room at the hotel)...... $640 gmail.com. Thanks!