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Vienna is at its best at Christmas time, when exquisitely decorated shop windows and elegant festive lights brighten up the medieval streets in the city centre. We include a performance of Puccini’s La bohème at the Vienna State Opera on Christmas Day. There will also be visits to the city’s finest museums and galleries, including the Belvedere and the Kunsthistorisches Museum. We stay at the 5* Deluxe Bristol. Perfectly located adjacent to the State Opera, this elegant art deco hotel has been one of the city’s finest for over 100 years.
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The sister hotel of the Imperial, the Bristol is traditional and elegant and has been the focal point of Vienna's cultural life for over a century.
Gerald Deslandes studied History of Art at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He worked for nearly 20 years as a curator in publicly-funded galleries organising exhibitions of sculpture by artists such as Antony Gormley, Andy Goldsworthy, Cornelia Parker and Damien Hirst.
He teaches art history and visual studies and works as a development consultant for museums, most recently on fundraising campaigns for Charleston and Tate Liverpool. He lectures to NADFAS groups in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand and leads cultural tours in the U.K. and to Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Paris, Provence, Sicily, Oslo and Vienna.
Christmas Day: La bohème by Puccini
Conductor: Marco Armiliato
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
26 December: There is an opportunity to attend a performance of Adolphe Adam’s Le Corsaire at the Vienna State Opera on 26th December. The performance is choreographed by Manuel Legris and conducted by Valery Ovsyanikov. £216 per ticket.
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Gerald Deslandes studied History of Art at Cambridge University and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He worked for nearly 20 years as a curator in publicly-funded galleries organising exhibitions of sculpture by artists such as Antony Gormley, Andy Goldsworthy, Cornelia Parker and Damien Hirst.
He teaches art history and visual studies and works as a development consultant for museums, most recently on fundraising campaigns for Charleston and Tate Liverpool. He lectures to NADFAS groups in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand and leads cultural tours in the U.K. and to Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Paris, Provence, Sicily, Oslo and Vienna.
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