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Imagine yourself tasting the finest of Italian wines and cuisine on the terrace of a beautiful villa in springtime surrounded by the famed Tuscan countryside, listening to your favourite opera arias..........
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All roads lead to Rome.................meet Tuesday 23 April 2002 |
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Grand Finale in Florence...............Sunday 12 May 2002 |
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3 weeks for 15 to 20 people |
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A relaxed and very enjoyable tour with 2 to 7 nights in each place |
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A week in our Villa in Tuscany |
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You have time to follow your own interests like shopping or visiting wine cellars |
Four performances and a concert and many surprises as I draw on my insights and knowledge of Italy and my friends from the opera world and elsewhere.
Rome
Tosca places, see where Tosca threw herself from the Castel Sant'Angelo, Adriana Lecouvreur by Cilea at the Rome Opera House and Patricia's favourite places - Borghese Gardens, the Pantheon, Spanish Steps,Piazza Navona, churches with paintings by Caravaggio, Villa Medici and Gardens.
Colosseum, Rome
A week in a Villa in Tuscany
Relax and enjoy a beautiful 18th century Villa near Arezzo with its gardens, vines and olive groves. Sample Tuscan cuisine prepared by our own Chef and taste the local Chianti wines. Talks by experts on art, history, architecture and opera, and a Concert in the Villa by young opera singers.Lucca
Puccini's birthplace and his villa at Torre del Lago.
Tuscan towns Siena, San Gimignano and Arezzo with its 15th century paintings by Piero della Francesca.Reggio Emilia
Manon Lescaut by Puccini in Teatro Valli, a theatre jewel.
Bologna, La Favorita by Donizetti, at the Teatro Comunale.
Statue of Verdi
Verdi Country -Busseto
Verdi's humble birthplace at Le Roncole and his Villa Sant'Agata. I due Foscari, the hotel and restaurant owned by renowned tenor, Carlo Bergonzi. In May 2001 we were lucky to meet the maestro himself!Parma
Rich provincial town, with its Parma ham and Parmesan cheese, Teatro Regio and home of Toscanini, the great opera conductor.Vicenza
City of 16th century architect, Palladio, his Teatro Olimpico and "La Rotonda" where Don Giovanni was filmed with Kiri Te Kanawa.
Bergamo, home town of Donizetti and Venice.Florence
Birthplace of opera and Renaissance art, centre of shopping and fashion. Our grand finale at the Florence Festival, Maggio Fiorentino, Les Troyens (The Trojans) by Berlioz.
Share Twin Single NZ $9,980 NZ $11,060 USD $4,990 USD $5,530 AUS $7,984 AUS $8,848
Early booking bonus: A CD of Italian opera selections or an Italian travel or cooking book!
For more information about this tour email Patricia Hurley or complete our Contact Form
In association with:
Keith Leadbetter, SYNERGI Travel, New Zealand
PO Box 11-288, Wellington, New Zealand
Tel: 64 4 9178014 Fax: 64 4 9171201
Email keith.leadbetter@synergitravel.co.nz
**Patricia's Opera Tours reserves the right to change the proposed itinerary and performances if necessary.
Mail: Patricia's
Opera Tours, Hannah's Factory, 23/14 Leeds St, Wellington, New Zealand
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