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We return to The Met this season for a programme of carefully selected operas starring a very impressive line-up of the world’s finest singers. We have chosen performances to include the Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen in her first Verdi role in New York conducted by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the French tenor Benjamin Bernheim as Romeo, American soprano Ailyn Perez and Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian, well known to European audiences but this season making her debut in New York.
The Wallace has quickly become a favourite with Kirker clients. Located on Broadway and West 76 Street on the Upper West Side, only a fifteen minute stroll from Lincoln Center, it is a sophisticated hotel with 124 well equipped and stylish rooms. The hotel has a bar and, although there is no restaurant, there’s a range of neighbourhood restaurants very close by to enjoy.
Images:
A scene from Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore" with Davide Luciano as Belcore and Golda Schultz as Adina. Photo: Marty Sohl / Met Opera
A scene from Wagner's "Der Fliegende Holländer." Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera
The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center Plaza, at night. Photo: Jonathan Tichler / Met Opera
A scene from Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. Photo: Ken Howard/Met Opera
In addition to our annual visits to the Metropolitan Opera, we have a new holiday in the summer of 2024 to include two performances by the American Ballet Theatre at The Lincoln Center. This has been planned to coincide with a visit to the exceptional new exhibition at The Morgan Library about Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. Inspired by the Morgan’s impressive collection of manuscripts and stage designs from the first productions, it will be curated by The Morgan’s Curator of Music Manuscripts and Printed Music who will talk about his exhibition to our clients. Staying at The Wallace, we will also include visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA and The Frick Collection.
To register interest in this tour please call 020 7593 2284
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Andrew Biggs read Music and the History of Art at Leeds University. He has led cultural tours throughout the world for over twenty years.
Recent tours include The Metropolitan Opera & the Art Galleries of New York as well as tours to many summer music festivals in the UK including Cheltenham and Buxton Festivals. A teacher and performer, Andrew is currently Head of Prep Music at Berkhamsted School.
Declan Hamilton has been leading music tours for many years. He studied singing at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music, and sang major roles in a number of operas both as a student and professional.
He worked in Education and House Management at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for many years and was subsequently based in Bristol, where he joined the Alumni Department at Bristol University. Declan has subsequently worked in Higher Education fundraising at The Royal College of Music, Trinity College, Cambridge, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he holds the post of Head of Fundraising.
14 March
Madama Butterfly by Puccini
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Cio-Cio-San: Eleonora Buratto
Pinkerton: Matthew Polenzani
Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong
Sharpless: Davide Luciano
15 March
Romeo et Juliette by Gounod
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Romeo: Benjamin Bernheim
Juliette: Nadine Serra
16 March
La forza del destino by Verdi
Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Leonora: Lise Davidsen
Don Alvaro: Brian Jagde
Don Carlo: Igor Golovatenko
Preziosilla: Ekaterina Semenchuk
2 May
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center
New York Philharmonic
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Shostakovich: Concerto No. for Cello
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique
3 May
Carmen by Bizet
Conductor: Diego Matheuz
Carmen: Clementine Margraine
Don Jose: Michael Fabiano
Micaela: Ailyn Perez
Escamillo: Ryan Speedo Green
4 May
Madama Butterfly by Puccini
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Cio-Cio-San: Asmik Grigorian
Pinkerton: Jonathan Tetelman
Sharpless: Lucas Meachem
Suzuki: Elizabeth DeShong
All the guided tours, including the Metropolitan Art Gallery and the Morgan library were first class. A wonderful & memorable holiday.
View DetailsA good, clear, reliable & knowledgeable leader. Good allocation of group time & free time. I would like to repeat this tour - so much yet to experience and enjoy.
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Andrew Biggs read Music and the History of Art at Leeds University. He has led cultural tours throughout the world for over twenty years.
Recent tours include The Metropolitan Opera & the Art Galleries of New York as well as tours to many summer music festivals in the UK including Cheltenham and Buxton Festivals. A teacher and performer, Andrew is currently Head of Prep Music at Berkhamsted School.
All the guided tours, including the Metropolitan Art Gallery and the Morgan library were first class. A wonderful & memorable holiday.
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