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THE FINEST Dailey - Thorp Travel SINCE 1971 NEW YORK CITY WEEKENDS 1999-2000 Metropolitan Opera Season DELUXE, ESCORTED TOURS with outstanding hotels, prime orchestra tickets, festive meals, transfers, & tour director. Send for the complete schedule. FESTIVE OPERA MEDLEY December 9-12, 1999 At the Met: ELISIR D'AMORE (Gheorghiu, Alagna, Hvorostovsky, Nucci; Pido), NOZZE DI FIGARO (Roocroft, Bonney, Mentzer, Skovhus, D'Arcangelo; de Waart), TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Eaglen, Dalayman, Heppner; Levine). MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION December 29, 1999-January 2, 2000 At the Met: RIGOLETTO (Jo, Livengood, Alvarez, Gavanelli, Hawlata; Jurowski), MILLENNIUM GALA and Champagne Supper at the Metropolitan Opera, THE GREAT GATSBY (Upshaw, Graham, Hunt, Hadley, Baker, Croft, Fink; Levine). WINTER OPERA GALA February 3-6, 2000 At the Met: DIE WALKUERE (Polaski, Voigt, Schwarz, Elming, Morris; Levine), LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN (Swenson, Mentzer, Shicoff, Terfel; Levine), ROSENKAVALIER (Fleming, Graham, Murphy, Neill, Ketelsen, Hawlata; Levine). NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. WINTER OPERA BREAK February 24-27, 2000 At the Met: CENERENTOLA (Larmore, Gimenez, Corbelli, Alaimo, Relyea; Campanella), THE MERRY WIDOW (von Stade, Norberg-Schulz, Domingo; Davis), MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Crider, Larin, Shimell; Rudel), MEFISTOFELE (Guleghina, Ramey; Elder). MUSICAL MEDLEY in NEW YORK March 16-19, 2000 New York City Opera: PORGY AND BESS, NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Gergiev with Leif Ove Andsnes, piano). At the Met: BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Ganassi, Schade, Hampson; Campanella), THE MERRY WIDOW (von Stade, Uecker, Domingo; Davis). WELCOME SPRING in NEW YORK April 6-9, 2000 At the Met: BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Hanslowe, Schade, Braun; Campanella), PELLEAS ET MELISANDE (Upshaw, Croft; Levine), LA BOHEME (Vaduva, Arteta, Lopardo, Keenlyside; Armiliato). NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Masur conducts the ST. JOHN PASSION (Schreier, Hagegard). DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN April 24-30, 2000 and May 1-7, 2000 At the Metropolitan Opera with casts to include Polaski/Eaglen, Voigt, Radvanovsky, Hong, Schwarz/Palmer; Svenden, Elming/Domingo, Anderson/Neumann, Langridge, Clark/Petersen, Morris, Wlaschiha/Fink; Levine. METROPOLITAN OPERA GALA May 10-12, 2000 CARNEGIE HALL: METROPOLITAN OPERA ORCHESTRA, with Sylvia McNair, soprano. At the Met: METROPOLITAN OPERA GALA CONCERT to feature Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti. And more in Europe and the United States... ITALIAN SPLENDOR Turin, Florence, Naples, Palermo, Milan December 7-19, 1999 Turin: MADAMA BUTTERFLY; Florence: AIDA; Naples: NORMA; Palermo: OTELLO (Cura); Milan: FIDELIO. CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S in EUROPE Vienna, Munich, Salzburg December 19, 1999-January 3, 2000 Vienna: ERNANI, CINDERELLA ballet, FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN; Salzburg: Palace Concerts, visit Silent Night spot; Munich: FREISCHUETZ, FLEDERMAUS, PETRUSCHKA/SACRE, LA BAYADERE, NEW YEAR'S EVE BALL. New Year's Day Concert with Mehta. VIENNA at NEW YEAR'S December 27, 1999-January 4, 2000 FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, CINDERELLA ballet, VESPRI SICILIANI, MERRY WIDOW, ITALIANA IN ALGERI, THE IMPERIAL BALL. Hotel Bristol. RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS and OLD RUSSIAN NEW YEAR in ST. PETERSBURG January 4-16, 2000 Celebrate the new millennium for the second time! 7 Opera/Ballet/Concert Performances by the Kirov/Marinsky, Maly Theater and Philharmonic and Private Concerts. [[Images: color photo of Luciano Pavarotti, color photo of Metropolitan Opera building]] PALM BEACH OPERA GALA January 21-26, 2000 Palm Beach: FANCIULLA DEL WEST, GALA CONCERT, LONDON ROYAL PHILHARMONIC. Ft. Lauderdale: COSI FAN TUTTE. OTELLO IN LONDON February 12-19, 2000 A rare chance to see Rossini's OTELLO at the re-opened Royal Opera/Covent Garden, together with top plays and musicals. ART AND MUSIC of SPAIN February 20-March 3, 2000 Reopening of the Barcelona Opera. Barcelona: DON CARLOS. Bilbao: LA TRAVIATA. Madrid: Recital by Grubeerova; MISSA SOLEMNIS; DON QUIJOTE (Zarzuela). [[end page]] [[start page]] THE FINEST Dailey - Thorp Travel SINCE 1971 WASHINGTON OPERA March 3-6, 2000 At Kennedy Center: OTELLO (Cura, Dessi, Diaz; Domingo conducting), JULIUS CAESAR (Genaux, Hong Krull; Crutchfield) and TOSCA (Gorchakova, Portilla, Leiferkus; Fricke). ITALIAN OPERA CAVALCADE Milan, Turin, Genoa, Bologna March 16-27, 2000 Milan: TOSCA. Turin: MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL. Genoa: ERNANI. Bologna; SALOME. MAGNIFICENT MONTREAL MArch 17-22, 2000 LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS; Boito's MEFISTOFELE; Coburn's THE GIN GAME; ORCHESTRE METROPOLITAIN concert including Mahler's Symphony #4; MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA concert with Krystian Zimerman, pianist. [[image: color photo of an old building]] THE SARASOTA OPERA March 21-26, 2000 Our annual visit will include: ALZIRA, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, THE PEARL FISHERS, plus the APPRENTICE CONCERT and the VERDI CONCERT. PARIS and the RIVIERA: OPERA and ART March 26-April 4, 2000 Paris: Offenbach's LES CONTES D'HOFFMANN, ballet CENDRILLON, Bizet's CARMEN, and an additional concert. Monte Carlo: Rossini's MOSE IN EGITTO, LA CENERENTOLA and IL TURCO IN ITALIA. VIENNA SPRING OPERA GALA April 2-14, 2000 VIenna State Opera: Verdi's OTELLO, ERNANI, TRAVIATA, JERUSALEM; Boito's MEFISTOFELE; Rossini's WILLIAM TELL; Wagner's SIEGFRIED, FLYING DUTCHMAN. Volksoper; Lehar's MERRY WIDOW, ZAREWITSCH. DRESDEN and BERLIN at EASTER April 16-28, 2000 Dresden: The Philharmonic, SALOME, ELEKTRA. Berlin: Mahler's Symphony #8; Bach's ST. MATTHEW PASSION; Wagner's PARSIFAL, TRISTAN, MEISTERSINGER; Prokofiev's LOVE FOR THREE ORANGES. PRAGUE, BUDAPEST, VIENNA May 10-21, 2000 Prague: RUSALKA, MADAMA BUTTERFLY, CARMEN, EUGENE ONEGIN. Budapest: PHILHARMONIC CONCERT, TROVATORE, AIDA. Vienna: TOSCA, RIGOLETTO, THE TALES OF HOFFMANN. WAGNER'S RING in HELSINKI June 5-16, 2000 First complete RING in Helsinki's beautiful new opera house with an international cast conducted by Leif Segerstam, directed by Goetz Friedrich, designed by Gottfried Pilz. LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO June 15-23, 2000 Los Angeles: BILLY BUDD. San Francisco: THE RAKE's PROGRESS, PARSIFAL, DON GIOVANNI. THE WHITE NIGHTS FESTIVAL in ST. PETERSBURG June 20-30, 2000 St. Petersburg: 6 opera, ballet, concert performances; Grand Hotel Europe. Option: MOSCOW, July 1-6 at Hotel Grand Marriott. ZURICH INTERNATIONAL OPERA FESTIVAL June 30-July 8, 2000 Zurich Opera: ARABELLA, PIQUE DAME, TOSCA, Wolf-Ferrari's SLY (Jose Carreras), MAGIC FLUTE. Scenic excursions to Zug, Lucerne, Basle, Berne. [[box]] Our program of MUSIC CRUISES includes: MY KATHARINA, Potsdam to Prague, June 2000; MS DOURO PRINCESS, in Portugal, September 2000; TAMR HENNA for ULTIMATE EGYPT & AIDA at the PYRAMIDS, October 2000. 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