ARIAS ON THE HIGH SEAS Two Unique Cruises for Opera Lovers

Schubert & Schumann: Piano & Lieder in Japan Aboard Le Soléal ■ May 15-25, 2019  Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean Aboard ■ November 13-29, 2019 Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan

ARIAS ON THE HIGH SEAS Two Unique Cruises for Opera Lovers

Schubert & Schumann: Piano & Lieder in Japan Aboard Le Soléal ■ May 15-25, 2019 Dear Traveler,  The Metropolitan Opera Guild is delighted to announce the 2019 offerings for our Members Travel Program. Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean This year, we journey beyond the Mediterranean, exploring the history and cultures of two ancient worlds, on Aboard Le Bougainville ■ November 13-29, 2019 two very special cruises—one along the southern shores of Japan, from Maizuru to Osaka in the spring; the other tracing the footsteps of ancient history through Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan in November.

Both voyages feature intimate musical programs performed exclusively for our guests, paired with excursions to iconic destinations ashore. Piano & Lieder in Japan will examine the rich array of Eastern tradition while immersing our travelers in the sublime music of Shubert and Schumann; while on Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean, we join the renowned bass-bartione José van Dam on the brand new small ship Le Bougainville, and enjoy one of our opera recitals in front of the ancient library at Ephesus.

Friends of the Metropolitan Opera Guild will comprise a small and congenial group aboard these cruises— all of our shore arrangements are private, and we will enjoy our own seating in the ship’s dining room. The remaining travelers onboard will include both international opera enthusiasts and members from other leading cultural institutions.

The quality and variety of sites to be visited along these historic shores make each of these itineraries truly one-of-a-kind. We hope you will join our fellow opera lovers for an unparalleled artistic voyage you won’t soon forget!

Sincerely,

Richard J. Miller, Jr. President, The Metropolitan Opera Guild

Back cover: Hiroshima, Japan (left); Patmos, Greece (center); Luxor, Egypt (right) Guest Performing Artists Schubert & Schumann: Piano & Lieder in Japan Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean May 15-25, 2019 aboard Le Soléal November 13-29, 2019 aboard Le Bougainville

A Masters graduate in Musicology from the A Brussels native, bass barito ne JOSÉ VAN DAM Sorbonne, Soprano DELPHINE HAIDAN trained is one of today’s leading opera performers. Since at the Paris National Opera’s school. She has his debut in Paris, in Les Troyens, he has been the performed in productions such as Les contes regular guest at the world’s most important opera d’Hoffmann (the Muse Nicklausse) in Paris and houses and festivals (the Metropolitan Opera, Zurich, La damnation de Faust (Marguerite) in Moscow, and more Paris, Covent Garden, La Scala of Milan, Wiener Staatsoper, etc.). recently L’Enfant et les sortilèges (Cat and Squirrel) at La Scala. Her His most famous roles include Falstaff, Simon Boccanegra, Philip career has taken her international, including the Konzerthaus in II (Don Carlos), Don Giovanni, and many others. Van Dam also Vienna and London’s Royal Albert Hall. developed a career in the oratorio and lied fields; his repertoire is just as wide. He received the rank of Knight in the order of the Pianist MAURIZIO BAGLINI boasts a brilliant Legion of Honor, and in 1998 was ennobled by King Albert II. career as soloist, chamber player, music teacher and artistic director. As soloist he performs on ISABELLE KABATU, Belgian soprano of African international stages such as the Accademia origins, won first prize at the prestigious Viotti Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Teatro alla Scala competition in Varallo, Italy, in 1994. In the same of Milan, the Kennedy Center of Performing Arts, and is guest year, she made her career debut in the title role of of prestigious festivals including Yokohama Piano Festival and La Traviata in Lisbon. Her repertoire covers Italian, Australian Chamber Music Festival. Maurizio’s record production German, and French operas. Isabelle has taken on dramatic includes works by Schumann, Liszt, Brahms, Schubert, roles with Norma, Abigaïlle (Nabucco), Lady Macbeth, Gioconda, Domenico Scarlatti, and Mussorgsky. Didon (The Trojans) and Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Ring Cycle.

GENEVIÈVE LAURENCEAU began playing violin Baritone LIONEL LHOTE graduated from Brussels’ at the age of three. After several international Conservatoire Royal de Musique. His career successes, she was invited to perform as a soloist started at Opéra Royal de Wallonie, and since with major international orchestras under the his international breakthrough, he has appeared direction of conductors such as Michel Plasson. as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly, Faninal in From 2007 until 2017, Geneviève was first violin and super soloist Rosenkavalier, Don Alfonso in Nozze di Figaro, and many others. with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. In 2009, He distinguished himself in the role of Somarone in two different she founded the “Festival de Musique d’Obernai” of which she is productions of Berlioz’s Béatrice et Bénédictone. artistic director. Pianist ANTOINE PALLOC has worked with singers Clarinetist PIERRE GÉNISSON is one of the such as Béatrice Uria-Monzon and Frederica von leading wind instrumentalists of his generation. Stade. Recent engagements have taken him to At the age of 21, he was appointed principal San Francisco, Berlin, Nice, Toulouse, Strasbourg, clarinet of the Orchestre Symphonique de Rio, as well as Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Bretagne. He has regularly performed as a guest the Kennedy Center. soloist with major European and international orchestras. Belgian tenor MARC LAHO studied voice and Pierre splits his time between and the U.S., performing trumpet at Académie Royale de Beaux-Arts in as a soloist in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, San Francisco, Liège. He made his debut at Opéra de Monte Carlo Philadelphia, and Seattle. in the role of the Officer inJ . Massenet Thérese. Cellist SILVIA CHIESA boasts a brilliant solo His repertoire includes the roles of Don Ottavio in career, touring regularly in Europe, China, the Don Giovanni, Fernando in Donizetti La Favorita, and Nemorino U.S., Australia, and Russia. In 2005 she founded in L’elisir d’amore. Recently he has been heard in The Damnation a Duo with pianist Maurizio Baglini, which has of Faust at Bolshoi Moscow and at the Colmar Festival. been applauded on international stages such STEFANO MAZZONIS DI PRALAFERA, director of the Royal Opera as Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Salle Gaveau of Wallonia, will join our performers onboard for lectuers and in Paris, and Oriental Art Center in Shanghai. She is artist in discussion. residence for the Amiata Piano Festival. Schubert & Schumann: Piano & Lieder in Japan aboard Le Soléal Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean aboard Le Bougainville

Tuesday, May 21 GREECE KAGOSHIMA | CHIRAN | KAGOSHIMA ATHENS TURKEY Drive through picturesque tea plantations to Nafplion Kusadasi Sea of Japan reach Chiran, a small town that is renowned Patmos Rhodes for its collection of samurai houses. Several of JAPAN SOUTH the residences are still being used by samurai KOREA Sakaiminato MAIZURU descendants. The gardens display a unique Busan Tamano th th Hiroshima OSAKA style and date from the 18 -19 century. (B,L,D) Wednesday, May 22 JORDAN Uwajima Suez Canal AQABA Nagasaki UWAJIMA | UCHIKO EGYPT Pacific Ocean Uchiko’s picturesque old street of Yokaichi is Kagoshima lined with old buildings dating from the last Safaga Luxor years of the Edo period and the early years following the Meiji Restoration. Walk past Itinerary the old sake brewery, the Amazake Chaya Itinerary Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Teahouse, the Uchiko-za Theater and the Kami Wednesday, November 13, 2019 FLY FROM THE USA Hagi-tei, the former home and workshop of one FLY FROM THE USA of Uchiko’s most influential families. (B,L,D) Thursday, May 16 Thursday, November 14 OSAKA, JAPAN Thursday, May 23 ATHENS, GREECE Arrive in Osaka and transfer to the Imperial HIROSHIMA | ITSUKUSHIMA SHRINE Arrive in Athens and transfer to the Hotel Hotel. In the evening gather with fellow travelers Visit Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and Grande Bretagne. Join fellow travelers for a for a welcome dinner. (D) Museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome. In festive welcome reception in the hotel. (R) the afternoon, our excursion takes us to the Friday, May 17 Itsukushima Shrine, a holy place of Shintoism Friday, November 15 OSAKA | MAIZURU | EMBARK since the earliest times. These structures ATHENS | PIRAEUS | EMBARK Join an excursion that includes Osaka Castle provide an exquisite example of the Japanese Explore the stunning architectural marvel of the and Shitennoji Temple, one of Japan’s oldest habit of turning art to worship. Itsukushima’s Parthenon, built in the 5th-century b.c. We also temples. After lunch at a local restaurant, balance of the sea, the buildings, and the forest tour the Acropolis Museum, an award-winning transfer to Maizuru to embark Le Soléal. (B,L,D) on Mt. Misen are recognized as the standard of collection of artefacts from excavations of the Acropolis. In the afternoon, view the Olympia Saturday, May 18 beauty in this tradition. (B,L,D) Theater where Maria Callas made her debut SAKAIMINATO | MATSUE CASTLE | SAKAIMINATO Friday, May 24 and the new Stavros Niarchos Foundation Made entirely out of pine, Matsue Castle was TAMANO | OKAYAMA | KURASHIKI | TAMANO Cultural Center, designed by Renzo Piano, built in 1611, and, with a partial reconstruction Our first stop in Okayama is the Korakuen before embarking Le Bougainville. (B,D) in 1692, never having been ransacked or burned, Garden, considered one of the three best remains as it was in the 17th century. Explore the landscape gardens in Japan. With an area of Saturday, November 16 five-story façade, which offers views of the city, 133,000 square miles, the garden was built in NAFPLION Lake Shinji, and the distant mountains. Visit 1700 by in the Enshu landscape style of stroll Our excursion begins with Mycenae, center of the Adachi Museum of Art and its gardens. The garden. In the afternoon travel to Kurashiki for the Mycenaean civilization, an extraordinary Museum houses numerous works by the great a visit to the Ohara Museum of Art, as well as culture that flourished in the second millennium masters of modern Japanese art. (B,L,D) the Ohashi Family’s House, typical of wealthy b.c. A tour of the citadel includes the imposing th Lion Gate, other remains of the acropolis, as Sunday, May 19 merchants of the 18 century. (B,L,D) well as the impressive beehive-shaped tombs BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA Saturday, May 25 set outside the walls. Travel to Epidaurus, the Visit Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, originally OSAKA | DISEMBARK | FLY TO THE USA (B) ancient shrine of Asklepios, whose ruins are built in 1376 by the great Buddhist teacher dominated by a 4th-century theater. (B,L,D) Naong during the Goryeo Dynasty. It includes Haesu Gwaneum Daebul (Seawater Great Osaka, Japan Sunday, November 17 Goddess Buddha), Daeungjeon Main Sanctuary, PATMOS Yongwangdang Shrine, and Gulbeop Buddhist Dominating Patmos’s landscape is the fortress- Sanctum. We will also visit the Busan Museum like Monastery of St. John, built in the 11th of Art. (B,L,D) century at the summit of a hill. Our visit will reveal precious icons, gold and silver liturgical Monday, May 20 objects, rare manuscripts and antiquities. NAGASAKI, JAPAN Hugging the hill of the monastery are old stone Our excursion will take us to Djemma, once an houses that line the town’s alleyways. (B,L,D) island in Nagasaki harbor, which was the home to Dutch traders during the Tokugawa period. Monday, November 18 We will visit the Glover Mansion and Garden and KUSADASI, TURKEY | EPHESUS | KUSADASI the Sofukuji Temple, one of the finest examples Ephesus was renowned for its great mother of Chinese Ming dynasty temple architecture in goddess, Cybele, later identified as Artemis, the world. Also tour the Atomic Bomb Museum or Diana of the Ephesians. The immense and Peace Park. (B,L,D)

FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL US AT 212-769-7062 Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean aboard Le Bougainville The deluxe, five-star Le Soléal is one LE SOLÉAL of the most beautifully conceived and technologically sophisticated small Hellenistic and Roman excavation site includes ships afloat. Designed in France and the ancient theater, the Library of Celsus, built in Italy, Le Soléal combines an terrace houses with mosaics and frescoes, as elegant, understated aesthetic with well as early Byzantine remains. (B,L,D) fine European craftsmanship. Guests Tuesday, November 19 enjoy attentive service, gourmet French- RHODES, GREECE inspired cuisine, and a relaxed, congenial Rhodes was known in the ancient world for its ambiance. The PONANT ships have schools of philosophy and rhetoric. Discover received accolades from Travel + Leisure, Rhodes Town’s labyrinthine streets and National Geographic Traveler, and others. splendid open plazas, as we visit the Palace of They are certified as “Clean Ships” the Grand Master of the Crusader Knights of St, and meet the highest environmental John and the Archaeological Museum. (B,L,D) standards for energy conservation and resource management. Wednesday, November 20 AT SEA (B,L,D) Thursday, November 21 CROSSING THE SUEZ CANAL (B,L,D) Friday November 22 SAFAGA, EGYPT | LUXOR Disembark in Safaga for an overnight excursion to Luxor. Built on the site of the ancient city of Thebes, Luxor was the capital of Egypt from 1550 to 1070 b.c. Visit Luxor Temple, originally built during the reign of Amenophis the III, and then expanded by Ramses II. Explore the Luxor Museum and its displays of pottery and jewelry including an assortment of items from the Theban temples and necropolis. (B,L,D) Saturday, November 23 LUXOR | SAFAGA Tour the Valley of the Kings, where most of The deluxe, five-star Le Bougainville is th th th the kings of the 18 , 19 , and 20 dynasties LE BOUGAINVILLE one of a series of six new luxury PONANT were buried. From here, proceed for a visit to Expedition ships, called the PONANT Queen Nefertari’s tomb. In the afternoon visit EXPLORERS and launching in 2018- the Karnak Temple Complex. Pass through the 2020. These state-of-the-art ships will be Avenue of the Sphinxes, admitting the obelisks equipped with the latest environmental and monuments that line the path to the Great preservation technology, and combine Temple of ‑Amun. Return to Safaga and reboard PONANT’s understated elegance with Le Bougainville. (B,L,D) a spirit of adventure. Le Bougainville Sunday, November 24 is a small-capacity ship with just 92 AT SEA | AQABA, JORDAN (B,L,D) staterooms and a crew of 110. Guests will enjoy attentive service, gourmet French- Monday, November 25 inspired cuisine, and a relaxed, congenial AQABA | DISEMBARK | FLY TO THE USA (B) ambiance. The PONANT EXPLORER ships all feature the world’s first underwater lounge, called the Blue Eye . OPTIONAL POST-CRUISE EXTENSION PETRA & THE TREASURES OF JORDAN Spend more time in the fascinating ancient world of Jordan with an extension that includes a tour of the breathtaking ruins of Petra and the holy sites of Amman, the capital.

FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL US AT 212-769-7062 Zodiac Schubert & Schumann: Piano & Lieder in Japan Bar Zodiac SUN DECK Open-air Bar DECKZodiac PLAN FARES PER PERSON, DOUBLE OCCUPANCY Bar Zodiac SUN DECK Zodiac Open-air Bar Bar Zodiac SUN DECK All accommodations aboard Le Soléal face outside affording sea views, Bar SUN DECK Open-air Bar Zodiac Open-air Bar Zodiac Bar SUN DECK and, other than the eight superior staterooms, all feature a private balcony. Zodiac Open-air Bar Bar Zodiac All staterooms include a bedroom with either two twin-size beds or a 7 SUN DECK Open-air Bar Zodiac king-size bed, sitting area (separate living room for the Prestige Suites), 626 624 622 620Zodiac618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s 602 mini-bar, safe, spacious closets, climate control, telephone, WiFi access, Suite Deluxe Suite GRILL 602 PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANT 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s PANORAMIC TV with movies on demand, iPod player, and bathroom with marble Suite Deluxe INTERNET LOUNGE TERRACE 539 625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605 603 Suite602601 vanity, shower, and fine amenities. GRILL 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s 602 POOL 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Owner’s Deluxe Deluxe PANORAMIC PANORAMIC RESTAURANT Suite TERRACE SuiteSuite DeluxeSuite INTERNETLIBRARY LOUNGE GRILL 539626 625624 622623 621620 619618 617616 615614 612611 610609 607608 605 603 Suite601602 PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANTGRILL Owner’s PANORAMIC POOL Deluxe Deluxe PANORAMICLOUNGE PANORAMICTERRACE RESTAURANT Suite INTERNET TERRACE 626 624 622 620 618 616 614 612 610 608 Suite Suite602 INTERNETLIBRARY LOUNGE SUPERIOR STATEROOMS $9,710 GRILL 539 625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605Owner’s603 601 PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANT 539 625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605Suite603 Deluxe601 PANORAMIC Deluxe Deluxe LOUNGE TERRACE 6 DeluxeSuite DeluxeSuite INTERNET GRILL 539 625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605 603 601 LIBRARY PANORAMIC POOL RESTAURANT Suite Suite LIBRARYPANORAMIC Deluxe Deluxe INTERNET LOUNGE TERRACE DELUXE STATEROOMS $10,200 539 625 623 621 619 617 615 611 609 607 605 Suite603 Suite601 LIBRARY Deluxe Deluxe HAMMAM Suite Suite LIBRARY 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514 512 510 508 506 504 502 PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 4 $11,000

HAMMAM IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514 512 510 508 506 504 502 BRIDGE PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 5 $11,370 HAMMAM 509 HAMMAM IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 536539 537534 535532 533530 531528 526529 527524 522525 520523 518521 516519 514517 515512 511510 508507 506505 504503 502501 536 534 532 530 528 526 524 522 520 518 516 514 512 510 508 506 504 502 BRIDGE HAMMAM IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 509 IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 536539 537534 535532 533530 531528 526529 527524 522525 520523 518521 516519 514517 515512 511510 508507 506505 504503 502501 BRIDGE PRESTIGE STATEROOMS, DECK 6 $11,750 BRIDGE 5 HAMMAM 509 IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 536539 537534 535532 533530 531528 526529 527524 522525 520523 518521 516519 514517 515512 511510 509 508507 506505 504503 502501 539 537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 BRIDGE IMAGE & PHOTO DESK 509 DELUXE SUITES $15,020 539 537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 BRIDGE 509 539 537 535 533 531 529 527 525 523 521 519 517 515 511 507 505 503 501 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 PRESTIGE SUITES, DECK 5 $19,150

THEATER 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 407 PRESTIGE SUITES, DECK 6 $19,920 437434 435432 433430 428431 426429 424427 425422 420423 418421 416419 414417 412415 410411 408409 405406 403404 401402 THEATER 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 406 404 402 434 432 430 428 426 424 422 420 418 416 414 412 410 408 407 406 404 402 THEATER 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 405 403 401 OWNER’S SUITE $22,370 4 THEATER 437434 435432 433430 428431 426429 424427 425422 420423 418421 416419 414417 412415 410411 408409 407 405406 403404 401402 THEATER 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 407 405 403 401 407 Single Occupancy Supplement: Singles are available in Deluxe THEATER 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 405 403 401 407 Staterooms (Deck 3) at the rate of $16,580. Other cabin categories 437 435 433 431 429 427 425 423 421 419 417 415 411 409 405 403 401 available; subject to availability. Please contact us for more details. EXCURSION 334 332 330 328 326 324 322 320 318 316 314 312 310 308 306 304 302 DESK

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Please read carefully the following terms and conditions, Enclosed is my check or credit card no. for • One night at hotel in Osaka with dinner which constitute the sole, legally enforceable agreements between $ (25% of tour fare) as a deposit to hold the passenger and PONANT GROUP and the tour’s sponsoring place(s) on: organization. and breakfast (Schubert & Schuman) PAYMENT SCHEDULE: In order to secure a booking, the guest is ☐ Schubert & Schmann: Piano & Lieder in Japan required to pay a deposit of 25% of tour fare. Final payment is due ☐ Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean. • One night at hotel in Athens with 90 days prior to departure. CANCELLATION, MODIFICATION PENALTIES & REFUNDS: All I understand that final payment is due ninety cancellations or modifications must be in writing. Any and all (90) days prior to departure. welcome reception; one night at guests not reporting for departure or prevented from reporting for departure or waiving for any reason whatsoever the benefit Please make check payable to: hotel in in Luxor (Opera in the Eastern of services included in the program cannot claim any refund. PONANT GROUP shall not be required to refund any monies to PONANT Yacht Cruises & Expeditions Mediterranean) any guests who must leave the cruise prematurely for any reason, and mail with this registration form to: nor shall PONANT GROUP be held responsible for any costs, fees, The Metropolitan Opera Guild, damages or causes of action which result from the transportation expenses incurred by guest’s early departure. Attn: Kimberly Goodis • Comprehensive 8-night cruise For any deposited or fully paid booking, cancellation penalties 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 6th Floor will be assessed as noted below. These cancellation penalties are New York, NY 10023-6593 (Schubert & Schuman) aboard the applicable on all services booked with PONANT GROUP. • From confirmation of booking date until 91 days prior departure: o AmEx o Discover o Visa o MasterCard deluxe Le Soléal 10% of full fare. • 90-61 days prior departure: 50% of full fare No. • Comprehensive 10-night cruise (Opera • Within 60 days prior to departure: 100% of full fare. TRAVEL INSURANCE: Passengers shall be responsible for Exp. in the Eastern Mediterranean) aboard subscribing to cancellation/luggage/assistance repatriation/ medical insurance(s). 3- or 4-Digit Security Code ITINERARY: PONANT GROUP reserves the right to withdraw and/ the deluxe Le Bougainville. or cancel a sailing to make changes in the itinerary whenever, Please select cabin category in order of in its sole judgment, or in the judgment of the vessel owner or preference (1st, 2nd & 3rd choice): operator, conditions warrant it. • Complete program of shore excursions INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS/LIMIT OF LIABILITY: The Le Soléal (Schubert & Schmann): passenger agrees that PONANT GROUP acts as agent and/ and activities, led by expert guides or trustee for any person, ground and maritime agents and Superior Stateroom - Deck 3 subcontractors, who provide any service forming, or in connection Deluxe Stateroom - Deck 3 with, any part of the cruise. Transportation services to the port of departure, transfers to the ship, including, as applicable, hotel Prestige Stateroom - Deck 4 • Performances by featured guest artists room and restaurant bookings or guided tours, are performed by independent suppliers who are not employees of PONANT Prestige Stateroom - Deck 5 GROUP. In this respect, PONANT GROUP acts only as an agent Prestige Stateroom - Deck 6 • Airport/hotel/pier transfers and and shall not be held liable for said services or for the acts or omissions of sub-contractors or other contractors. Deluxe Suite - Deck 6 handling of luggage PONANT GROUP shall not be held liable for bodily injury to, or Prestige Suite - Deck 5 death of passengers, or for loss of, or damage to luggage or other personal belongings, unless it is proved that the carrier has Prestige Suite - Deck 6 infringed statutory obligations or that it or one of its employees • All meals aboard ship including early or agents has committed gross negligence. However, in the event Owner’s Suite the liability of PONANT GROUP is incurred, such liability is limited riser’s coffee & pastry, breakfast, lunch, (details available upon request). Le Bougainville (Opera in the Eastern Mediterranean): PONANT GROUP shall in any case not be liable for failure of an Deluxe Staterooms afternoon tea, and dinner improper performance when the same is due to or caused by the fault of the passenger; the unforeseeable or unavoidable fault Prestige Staterooms, Deck 4 of a third party unconnected with the provision of any services Prestige Staterooms, Deck 5 • Complimentary open bar aboard ship to be provided under the contract; unusual and unforeseeable circumstances beyond the control of PONANT GROUP; an Prestige Staterooms, Deck 6 event of “Force Majeure” such as a war, threat of war, riots, civil commotion, acts of God, terrorist activities, natural and nuclear Deluxe Suites • Gratuities to shipboard personnel, disaster, fire, technical problems with transport, closure of ports, Prestige Suites, Deck 5 strikes and any industrial action, or any other event beyond the porters, guides, and drivers control of PONANT GROUP. Prestige Suites, Deck 6 RATES: The prices given at the time of booking are based on Privilege Suite economic conditions known on May 1, 2018 and are subject • Port taxes and charges to change. These conditions are, amongst others, the cost of Grand Deluxe Suite transport and fuel, relevant dues and taxes for the proposed operation (port taxes, embarkation and disembarkation taxes, Owner’s Suite entrance costs to tourist sites), currency exchange rates relevant o Twin Beds o King Bed o Single Occupancy • Welcome and farewell cocktail to the pricing of these programs. PONANT GROUP reserves the right within the legal limits of applicable laws to vary the prices o Share (cannot be guaranteed) receptions aboard ship if necessary. All variation of the cost of transport, fuel, taxes, dues and visa costs will be passed on within the voyage cost. Additionally, any surcharge levied will be increased to include an • 24-hour room service amount to cover agent’s commission. Any change in fare cannot be imposed less than 60 days prior to departure. For the cruise- DR./MR./MRS./MS. FIRST LAST only rate, daily surcharge, if any, will be calculated based on: S= fuel variation* x daily consumption** • Comprehensive pre-departure materials DR./MR./MRS./MS. FIRST LAST Ship capacity *** Not included (*): MGO FOB Rotterdam 0,1% in US$ (**): L’AUSTRAL, , , LE SOLEAL: 20t; ADDRESS LE LAPEROUSE, , LE BOUGAINVILLE; LE DUMONT- Airfare; airport taxes; passport and visa D’URVILLE: 10t. CITY/STATE/ZIP fees and/or immigration reciprocity (***): L’AUSTRAL, LE BOREAL, LE LYRIAL, LE SOLEAL: 244 passengers LE LAPEROUSE, LE CHAMPLAIN, LE BOUGAINVILLE, LE DUMONT- D’URVILLE: 173 passengers taxes (if applicable); trip cancellation TELEPHONE (DAY) (EVENING) JURISDICTION: These terms & conditions are subject to and interpreted according to International regulations and concern and baggage insurance; medical and the transportation of passengers and their luggage from the E-MAIL time of boarding the ship to the moment of disembarking, as repatriation insurance; meals and well as at ports of departure, destination, or stopover. PONANT GROUP shall incur no liability outside this period of time. Without Each participant must sign below: I/We have read the prejudice to required legal regulations, any actions related either “Terms & Conditions” section and agree to its terms. beverages other than those specified to the interpretation, or execution of this agreement shall be brought before the competent courts of -France. above; personal expenses (such as PONANT GROUP is not responsible for omissions, printing and/ or presentation errors and reserves the right to make corrections SIGNATURE DATE telephone, Internet, laundry service, hair as required. SHIPS’ REGISTRY: France SIGNATURE DATE salon services, à la carte spa treatments, FL Seller of Travel Ref No ST37706 CA Seller of Travel Ref No 2120712-40 etc.); optional extension to Petra Photographs, all rights reserved: Ponant - François Lefebvre - Laurence Fischer - Léa Paulin - Alamy - istockphotos - Shutterstock Indicia 70 LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA, 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10023-6593

For further information or reservations, please call Kimberly Goodis of The Metropolitan Opera Guild at 212-769-7062 or PONANT at 888-400-1082 (Monday to Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Eastern Time)

ARIAS ON THE HIGH SEAS Two Unique Cruises for Opera Lovers

Aboard the Deluxe Small Ships Le Soléal & Le Bougainville May & November 2019