Amsterdam, Paris & Versailles

Het Muziektheater, CONCERTGEBOUW, Palais Garnier,

Opéra Bastille, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées & OPÉRA ROYAL DE VERSAILLES


June 17 – 30, 2012

Operas:
WAGNER Parsifal n.p.  c. Iván Fischer d. Pierre Audi
with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, De Nederlandse Opera Chorus and starring Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester, Kurt Rydl, Falk Struckmann, Christopher Ventris and Petra Lang

R. STRAUSS Arabella n.p.  c. Philippe Jordan d. Marco Arturo Marelli
with Renée Fleming, Julia Kleiter, Iride Martinez, Michael Volle and Joseph Kaiser

PROKOFIEV L’amour des trois oranges c. Alain Altinoglu d. Gilbert Deflo
with Alain Vernhes, Charles Workman and Patricia Fernandez

RAMEAU Hippolyte et Aricie c. Emmanuelle Haïm d. Ivan Alexandre
with Sarah Connolly, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Topi Lehtipuu and Stéphane Degout

Ballet:
La fille mal gardée choreography by Frederick Ashton 

Les Saisons Russes du XXIe siècle choreography by Michel Fokine
Cléopatre music by Anton Arensky
Le spectre de la rose music by Carl Maria von Weber
L’oiseau de feu music by Igor Stravinsky

Orphée et Eurydice choreography by Frédéric Flamand

Concerts:
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
MAHLER Das Lied von der Erde
Performed by the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra c. Marc Albrecht
featuring mezzo-soprano Alice Coote and tenor Fritz Burkhard

Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and pianist David Zobel in recital 
VIVALDI, ROSSINI, FAURÉ, HEAD Impressions de Venise

Accommodation in Paris at Hôtel Château Frontenac.

SOLD OUT! WAITING LIST AVAILABLE  

 

Booking a Tour


To receive full booking information (as it becomes available), please send an e-mail to Operatours, call Suzanne Malloy at 1-800-265-1141 (ext. 6209), or send a SEPARATE self-addressed and stamped envelope (#10 business-size) for each tour that interests you to:

COC Operatours
c/o Merit Travel
101 Cherryhill Blvd.
London, ON N6H 4S4

Waiting lists are available for all Operatours that are currently marked as sold out.

COC Operatours have been organized and conducted by Dr. David Stanley-Porter since 1981. Friends of the COC and President’s Council members receive priority enrolment.

Under 30?

Purchase tickets for $22 to all of our operas!