Barcelona & Madrid

Spain: A Tale of Two Operatic Cities 


May 30 – June 13, 2013

BARCELONA:
Gran Teatre del Liceu, Palau de la Música Catalana, L’Auditori de Barcelona

DONIZETTI L'elisir d'amore 
Aleksandra Kurzak, Rolando Villazón, Ambrogio Maestri

ROSSINI Il turco in Italia 
Nino Machaidze, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Pietro Spagnoli

WAGNER Der fliegende Holländer 
Evgeny Nikitin, Ingela Brimberg, Eric Cutler

Cor de Cambra: Andrea & Giovanni Gabrieli, Ralph Vaughan Williams, et al.

Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona:
GARRETA Les illes Medes   
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Accommodation at the four-star Le Méridien Barcelona.

MADRID: 
Teatro Real, Auditorio Nacional de Música 

BERG Wozzeck 
Simon Keenlyside, Jon Villars, Nadja Michael

Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de Espaňa:
LEHÁR The Merry Widow
Véronique Gens, Michael Volle

Academy of St. Martin-in–the-Fields: 
An all-Mozart program featuring Murray Perahia, piano 

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid c. Sylvain Cambreling 
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
MESSIAEN Poèmes pour Mi
BERLIOZ Symphonie fantastique

Accommodation at the four-star NH Eurobuilding


Direct flights to Barcelona and back from Madrid with Air Canada.

c. = conductor   d. = director    c.v. = concert version    n.p. = new production 



Booking a Tour


To receive complete booking information, please send an e-mail to Operatours, 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
114 - 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!