NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus TOUR SCHEDULE March 30 – April 6, 2019 Mozart Sat. Mar. 30: Vancouver - New York Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato sings Sesto at Morning departure via Air Canada non-stop to The Vancouver Opera Guild invites you to join the Met for the first time, and tenor Matthew New York’s Newark Airport. On arrival transfer its spring tour to New York featuring four Polenzani adds yet another role to his extensive to the Watson Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn productions at the Metropolitan Opera with Mozartean repertoire as Tito. Mozart’s opera of Midtown) on West 57th Street between 9th and 10th excellent seating in the Grand Tier Balance vengeance and forgiveness, set during the Roman Avenues, just a short walk from Lincoln Center. section plus the Met’s National Council Grand Empire, also stars sopranos Elza van den Heever Finals Concert. as Vitellia, with Ying Fang, Paula Murrihy, and Sun. Mar 31: New York bass Christian Van Horn completing the principal 3:00 p.m. National Council Grand Finals Concert. National Council Grand Finals Concert cast. Lothar Koenigs conducts. Some of today’s greatest singers got their start in Mon. Apr. 1: New York the Met National Council Auditions including La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi Welcome reception late this afternoon. Jamie Barton, Stephanie Blythe, Lawrence Nicola Luisotti conducts Michael Mayer’s richly Tue. Apr. 2: New York Brownlee, Renée Fleming, Susan Graham, textured new production, featuring a dazzling 7:30 p.m. performance of Tosca. Thomas Hampson, Angela Meade, Eric Owens, 18th-century setting that changes with the seasons. Frederica von Stade and Simone Osborne. Watch Soprano Anita Hartig plays the tragic heroine, Wed. Apr. 3: New York the 2019 finalists compete for cash prizes and the Violetta, and tenor Stephen Costello returns to the 8:00 p.m. performance of La Clemenza di Tito. chance to launch a major operatic career while Met for the first time in five seasons to sing the accompanied by the Metropolitan Opera role of Alfredo, Violetta’s hapless lover. Orchestra, conducted by Carlo Rizzi. Following Thu. Apr. 4: New York Baritone Artur Rucinski is Alfredo’s father, 8:00 p.m. performance of Don Giovanni. the concert, toast the new 2019 winners at a Germont, who destroys their love. champagne reception on The Mercedes T. Bass Grand Tier. Fri. Apr. 5: New York 8:00 p.m. performance of La Traviata. TOUR INCLUDES Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Return airfare Vancouver to New York Baritone Peter Mattei stars as opera’s most Sat. Apr. 6: New York – Vancouver Airport transfers in New York notorious seducer in Mozart’s masterpiece of Day at leisure. Afternoon transfer to Newark 7 nights accommodation at the Watson Hotel dark comedy. Cornelius Meister makes his Met Airport for an evening non-stop flight with Air (formerly Holiday Inn Midtown), baggage debut conducting performances that also include Canada to Vancouver. handling and hotel tax soprano Guangun Yu as Donna Anna, soprano Welcome reception Susanna Phillips as Donna Elvira, and bass Adam TOUR COST Four opera tickets (Grand Tier Balance) plus Plachetka as Leporello. Guild Members: Cdn. $3,170 per person based National Council Grand Finals Concert on sharing twin accommodation. Vancouver Opera Guild Tour Director Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Non-Guild Members: Cdn. $3,220 per person $150 donation to the Vancouver Opera Guild based on sharing twin accommodation. Rising star Jennifer Rowley sings the title role of ($200 for non-members) the volatile diva at the heart of Puccini’s operatic Single supplement: Cdn. $1,300 thriller. 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