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Australia
Sydney

Patricia’s weekends at Opera Australia book out quickly. Three spectacular performances and more or take your choice. Meeting artists is always a great treat when we hear the story from backstage!

Sydney

Lohengrin by Wagner

Elsa stands accused of a horrible crime. She prays for a champion and a noble knight appears. But his help comes with a condition - she must never ask his name. Lohengrin is a fantastical romance. Wagner described his music as “streams of gold, ravishing the senses of the beholder.” Hear the famous “Bridal March”. A co-production with Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.

Attila by Verdi

No one can stand before Attila and his hordes until a warrior woman turns his head. As he opens his heart to his prisoner Odabella, the barbarian king reveals his weakness. The scene is set for a great revenge opera. Celebrated Italian director Davide Livermore fuses video projections with colossal set pieces to create Attila’s world. This co-production with La Scala had great success at its Milan premiere. With four vivid characters, two real horses and many crowd scenes, it is a must see!

Madama Butterfly by Puccini

On tour in Japan, the American sailor Pinkerton cannot wait to ‘marry’ his Japanese bride. In this arresting production Graeme Murphy draws on his roots in choreography to capture the grace and gravity of a tale that begins in rapturous love and ends in the cruellest heartbreak. Puccini’s sublime music imbues this ageless story with great beauty, from “One fine day” to “the Flower duet” to the intense finale.

Dame Nellie Melba’s Gardens

An excursion to Coombe takes us to Dame Nellie’s estate where we learn much about this superstar soprano’s life and times.

Contact Patricia for more information.

WHEN
28 - 31 May 2020
COST

OPTION ONE
3 nights hotel accomodation at The Langham Hotel.

Easy walking distance to venue.

Extra nights available

Share from NZ$2,150

Single NZ$2,700

Airfares not included

OPTION TWO

Arrange your own accommodation and join in our programme

NZ$1,600

Airfares not included.

 

Sydney

A weekend not to be missed!

Aida
Aida

Aida by Verdi

Verdi’s monumental, transcendent music makes this epic a perennial favourite. Italian director Davide Livermore’s production is a thrilling theatrical experience. His high-tech, projected sets are a taste of the future of spectacle on stage. Elena Guseva is Aida and Andeka Gorrotxategi will sing that stunning tenor aria, “Celeste Aida”.


Eugene Onegin
by Tchaikovsky

An opera of sumptuous music and story of reminiscence and regret. Kasper Holten’s deeply moving production had great success at the Royal Opera House in London and Teatro Regio, Turin.

La Juive by Halévy

Revel in the sublime music of one of the most popular 19th century French operas. Secrets, sex and bitter religious rivalries lead to human tragedy on a grand scale. A co-production with Opéra de Lyon.

Opera Soirée at Elizabeth Bay

New Zealand bass, Jud Arthur, and his soprano wife, Taryn Fiebig, both distinguished opera soloists in Australia, invite us to their home for an exclusive evening of beautiful singing. A very special occasion greatly enjoyed by Patricia’s Opera Tours in 2019!

Contact Patricia for more information.

WHEN
6 - 9 August 2020
COST
3 nights hotel accommodation

Easy walking distance to Sydney Opera House

Extra nights available

Share NZ$2,300

Single NZ$2,850

Airfares not included.

OPTION TWO

Arrange your own accommodation and join in our programme

NZ$1,760

Airfares not included.