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Home , Dolora Zajick, Paul Appleby (tenor), Roberto Alagna, Sondra Radvanovsky, The Legend (opera), Yonghoon Lee

♫ ♫ Roberto Alagna ♫ ♫ Piotr Beczala New York in January with the Lyric Guild! January 17-20, 2019 Reservation deadline: October 1, 2018 The is performing a se- That evening we open with the Metropolitan ries of great classics in January, including the gor- Opera's production of Bizet's classic opera Car- geous but rarely produced men starring the rising mezzo Clemen- of the Italian verismo composer , tine Margaine in the title role, with famed starring today's most sought-after soprano, Anna Roberto Alagna singing Don Jose and Susanna Netrebko. Phillips as Micaela. Also on tap at the Metropolitan Opera is Bi- The young French mezzo soprano Clementine zet's with Roberto Alagna and Clem- Margaine has gained international acclaim in re- entine Margaine, Susanna Phillips, and the fa- cent seasons at such theaters as the Paris Opera, mous Zeffirelli grand production of Verdi's Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera in with perhaps today's leading , Munich, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro Sondra Radvanovsky, and the legend- ary Dolora Zajick. An optional addition during this trip for the real opera fanatics among us is Debussy's one-of-a-kind gem Pelleas et Melisande. Debussy wrote only one opera, and the result is a most unusual but quite entrancing work, not often done. The cast is stellar: Isabel Leonard, Paul Appleby, Fer- ruccio Furlanetto and Marie-Nicole Clementine Margaine, Lemieux. Roberto Alagna and Another alternative for you Susanna Phillips star in on the Saturday afternoon would be a Bizet's Carmen. Broadway show.

Here is our itinerary: Thurday, January 17. We fly to New York and check in to the Empire Hotel, with its fabulous location just across the street from Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Opera House. dell’Opera di Roma, Grand Théâtre de Ge- nève, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Opera Australia and the Canadian Opera Com- pany. Carmen is her calling-card role, and when she sang it at the Metropolitan Op- era last season, the New York Times wrote that "her Carmen produced an entirely new sound of of bright, fiery power." The French-Italian singer Roberto Alag- na has been one of the leading on the opera stage since winning the Pavarotti Competition thirty years ago. He has starred at the Metropolitan Opera since 1996 and Anna Netrebko and Piotr Beczala sing in Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met. Don Jose is one of his signature roles. Su- sanna Phillips is a winner of the Beverly Sills performed roles. She is a specialist in the demand- award and has sung at the Met for ten seasons in ing dramatic roles in the mezzo repertoire. The lighter soprano roles. tenor in Aida is South Korean Yonghoon Lee, Friday, January 18. After a free day explor- who debuted at the Met in 2010 and who has ing New York, you will enjoy the Metropolitan sung several dramatic roles at the house. Opera's spectacular production of Verdi's grand Saturday, January 19. If you want to experi- opera Aida. You've seen Aida before, you say? ence one of opera's most unusual works, we offer Probably not with Sondra Radvanovsky, widely an option this afternoon of Debussy's dreamy, flowing dramaPelleas et Melisande. Debussy's Impressionistic style of composition perfectly suited this portrait by the playwright Maeter- linck of a mysterious, wistful couple caught up in events beyond their control. The remarkable soprano Isabel Leonard and tenor Paul Appleby, both Americans, portray the couple, with stalwart Italian Ferruccio Furlanetto as Golaud and the renowned French Canadian mezzo Ma- rie-Nicole Lemieux as Genevieve. Leonard is a Grammy award-winning singer

Sondra Radvanovsky will sing the title who has appeared with the Met since 2007 in role in Aida. both comic and dramatic roles. Appleby, a Juil- liard gtraduate, has sung in recent years with the considered to be the greatest dramatic soprano of Dutch National Opera, the Gran Teatre del Li- recent years, singing the title role. Radvanovsky, ceu, the Opera de Paris and other major houses, an Illinois native, has won widespread acclaim for along with the Met. The production is conducted her Leonora, , and as the three queens in by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Met's new artistic Donizetti's trio of dramatic . Aida is the lat- director. est addition to her impressive repertory. An alternative for you on the Saturday after- Mezzo Dolora Zajick, meanwhile, has been noon would be a Broadway production, or free a Metropolitan Opera mainstay for over twenty time in New York. Our tour leader Evan Luskin years and her Amneris is one of her most often- will help you find tickets to a Broadway show if you like, but of course all tickets are subject to availability. Tour Cost: Saturday evening is our night to hear Anna Land Arrangements ...... $1,850 Netrebko sing one of the iconic roles in the rep- Airfare from and to Kansas City ...... $300 ertoire, the title role in Cilea's Adriana Lecou- Total ...... $2,150 vreur. This dramatic opera was long one of the Added single supplement (if you want a standards of the operatic stage, but is now not of- single room at the hotel)...... $350 ten performed, usually being revived only when a truly special dramatic soprano comes to the fore. Netrebko is such a soprano, so the Met offers us letta, Donna Anna, Lucia, , Tatiana, this unusual opportunity. Polish tenor Piotr Bec- Lady , Aida, Maddalena and Norma. She zala, a mainstay at the Met in dramatic tenor has won many international awards and has made roles, will be her counterpart. numerous recordings. She began singing the role Netrebko has become probably the world's of Adriana Lecouvreur last season. leading soprano since her stage debut at the age Beczala has sung in Chicago, New York, Ber- of 22. She worked as a janitor at the Mariinsky lin, Barcelona, Vienna, Zürich, and beyond. He Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia, before audi- made his Met debut in 2006 and has sung a num- tioning for the music director , ber of leading roles with the company, including who took her under his tutelage. Her meteoric the Duke, Lensky, Edgardo, Rodolfo, Romeo and rise in the operatic world thereafter is the stuff . of legend, and she has appeared in leading roles Sunday, January 20. We return to Kansas around the world in such theatres as the Met, City with memories of these great performances. Covent Garden, , the Paris Opera and To join us, please print, fill out and mail in the many others. Among her leading roles are Vio- reservation form on the next page.

Change Policy We are happy to accommodate any changes This trip includes: you want to make for this trip, but all change Round trip air fare between Kansas requests must be made in writing at the time of City and New York. ♫ Bus transportation the reservation and are subject to availability to and from the airport and the Empire and price adjustments. The tour leader must Hotel. ♫ Accommodations at the Empire acknowledge all changes in writing for the Hotel for three nights. ♫ Orchestra sec- requested changes to be confirmed. tion seats to Carmen, Aida and Adriana Lecouvreur at the Metropolitan Opera. Cancellation Policy As always, you can drop a performance if Your deposit and reservation constitute a you like; just let us know. Group meal contract for you to go on this trip. Upon receiv- ♫ ing your deposit we will expend substantial at Gabriel's Restaurant. ♫ All baggage and sums to pay for your costs of this trip. If you porterage fees, except for any baggage fees must cancel, you will still owe the balance of the airline charges, which you must pay on the trip charge, but we will return whatever your own. ♫ Tax deductible contribution portion of your trip costs we are able to re- to the Kansas City Lyric Opera Guild, the cover. We strongly recommend trip cancel- exact amount of which will be calculated lation insurance to protect your investment at the conclusion of the trip when we have in this trip. Please call your travel agent or reconciled all trip costs. check with trip insurance providers online. Questions? Please call our tour leader Evan Luskin, at (913) 642-3753 or e-mail him at [email protected].

RESERVATIONS - New York Trip - January 2019 (please print legibly)

Full Names (as on driver’s licenses): ______Date(s) of birth (required by the airline): ______Address: ______Phone: (____) ______E-mail address: ______On Saturday afternoon do you choose [check one] the Metropolitan Opera performance of Pelleas et Melisande, or a Broadway play of your choice (subject to ticket availability) or neither of the above (free afternoon in New York). The Pelleas et Melisande tickets are $265 each. The Broadway show tickets would be at the listed ticket price of whatever show you choose (let our tour guide know of your top choices). [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 Oc- tober 1, 2018. The remainder of your payment will be due on December 1, 2018. Please make your check payable to Lyric Opera Guild Trips and mail it to Evan Luskin, 7600 West 100th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212. If you wish to make your own air arrangements, let us know and deduct the air fare cost from your final payment (see trip cost summary on the previous page).