Wagner’s Ring Cycle in Vienna – 2009

Departing from U.S.A. 05 June – 8 Days. Return: 12 June 2009

For the past 27 years we have brought opera lovers to Vienna to enjoy operas and concerts in Wiener Staatsoper and Music Verein.

In the summer of 2009, enjoy the complete RING OF NIBELUNGEN in Vienna’s elegant  Staatsoper.

Opera performances:
06 June - DAS RHEINGOLD
07 June - DIE WALKURE
09 June - SIEGFRIED
11 June - GOTTERDAMMERUNG

Conductor:  Franx Welser-Most
Stage Production: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
Costume:  Marianne Glittenberg
Preliminary Cast Information:
Oskar Hillebrandt - Wotan, Jamina Baechle - Fricka, Tomazy Konisczny - Alberich
Herwig Pecoraro - Mime, Johan Botha - Siegmund, Walter Finlk - Hunding
Eva Johansson - Brunnhilde, Stephen Gould - Siegfried, Anna Larsson - Erda

This European Opera Tour includes:

• Orchestra Levels seats
• 6 nights at the 5-star Grand Hotel, two minutes walk from Staatsoper
• Buffet breakfast daily
• Gala Welcome dinner with wine
• Gala Farewell dinner with wine in one of Vienna’s finest restaurants
• Sightseeing to include a walking tour in old Vienna to see Hofburg, the former Imperial Palace, the garden of Belvedere Palace, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, homes of Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart and an excursion to the Vienna Woods.
• Aspee and Grethe Arani -founders of H.A.T. Tours in 1982, will personally conduct this tour.

Land Cost (includes four tickets in Orchestra level seats):
Double occupancy: $4,250 per person - Single Supplement: $950
Deposit: $1,000 per person - Balance due ten (10) weeks prior to departure.