TWO NEW YORK HOLIDAYS
THE NEW SEASON
Monday, September 28th through Thursday, October 1st
FALL HOLIDAY
Wednesday, October 21st through Saturday, October 24th
The first of our annual New York Tours will mark the ‘Opening of the Season’, with two spectacular Verdi operas at the MET, one of the fall’s first subscription concerts by the New York Philharmonic, and Gershwin’s iconic An American in Paris on Broadway.
First will be the MET’s exciting new production of Verdi’s Otello, featuring the same cast announced for the season’s Opening Night – Aleksandrs Antonenko, Sonya Yoncheva and Zeljko Lucic. Also at the MET will be Verdi’s Il Trovatore, boasting the Russian diva Anna Netrebko in her newest challenging portrayal. Our third performance will offer the New York Philharmonic under Music Director Alan Gilbert in a popular program of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Emanuel Ax as the soloist. Finally, we are fortunate to include An American in Paris, Broadway’s newest smash musical, in the rapturously reviewed production from the Théâtre du Châtelet.
Our fall holiday in late October will begin with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in a concert performance of Richard Strauss’s Elektra, showcasing the American soprano Christine Goerke in her assumption of the title role. Our two operas at the MET will be the dazzling Franco Zeffirelli production of Puccini’s Turandot, with Lise Lindstrom ascending the vocal heights of the title role; and the romantic Otto Schenk/Schneider-Siemsen staging of Wagner’s Tannhäuser, with Johan Botha and Eva-Maria Westbroek heading the international cast. Our fourth performance will again be a New York Philharmonic concert, led by guest conductor Semyon Bychkov in an all-Brahms program.
Accommodations for both holidays will be for four nights at the private New York Athletic Club (NYAC), beautifully located on Central Park South (59th street at 7th Avenue). The NYAC offers extremely pleasant bedrooms and many advantages of a large, private club: a spacious dining room overlooking Central Park from the 11th floor; friendly bars on the main floor and in the second-floor Tap Room which serves convenient meals; the best-equipped large swimming-pool and sauna/steam room complex in the city; extensive health-club features and exercise equipment; and a relaxing library with a wide collection of books and current journals. There are several appealing cafés and restaurants in the immediate neighborhood, and Carnegie Hall is only one block away from the 58th street rear entrance.
A cocktail buffet or dinner will be enjoyed on the first evening of each weekend, which will provide an opportunity to meet other members of the Tour. On our last evening, dinner will be arranged in one of the interesting restaurants in the Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall area.
We are pleased to offer you a Guest Pass to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. Your pass will allow for free entry at your own convenience into the extensive permanent galleries and all exhibitions not requiring a reserved ticket.
Transfers are included for all of our performances not at Carnegie Hall. (The Club is only one block of easy walking distance from Carnegie Hall.)
All MET Opera performances are now performed with MET TITLES optionally displayed on the seat in front of you, which has proven to be enormously popular.
Price Per Person (based on Double Occupancy): $2,980
Price Per Person (based on Single Occupancy): $3,630