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KIRKER OPERA HOLIDAYS FORDISCERNINGTRAVELLERS Kirker Holidays offers an extensive rangeofindependent and escorted operaholidays. These include tours to leading festivals in Europe such as the Puccini FestivalinTorre del Lago,Verona and the VerdiFestivalinParma, as well as Glyndebourne, Buxton and operaweekends in Vienna, Milan and Venice. We also host our ownexclusive music festivals on land and at featuring internationally acclaimed musicians.For thosewho prefer to travel independentlywearrangeshortbreaks with opera, ballet or concerttickets,toall the greatclassical cities in Europe. THE METROPOLITAN OPERA&GALLERIES AND MUSEUMS OF NEW YORK FIVE NIGHT ESCORTED HOLIDAYS|12NOVEMBER 2016 28 FEBRUARY&27MARCH 2017 Enjoythree star-studded performances at the Metropolitan Operafeaturing some of the world’s greatest operasingers including Anna Netrebko,Sonya Yonchevaand Kristine Opolais as well asabackstage tour of the Met. In addition to the three performances we will visit the city’sgreatest museums and galleries including the WhitneyMuseumofAmerican Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Artand MOMA whereweenjoy aprivate visit beforethe crowds arrive-a highlight for manyclients. We will also see one of the world’s finest private collections at the Frick and the libraryofJPMorgan. Twodinnersare included–one at a Kirker favourite local restaurant and one at The Grand Tier,the Met’sown restaurant. We stayinthe heartofMidtown at the Fifty NYC Hotel on East 50th Street between Thirdand Lexington Avenues. Prices include return flights,accommodation onaroomonly basis at theFifty NYC(Studio Suites with small kitchens), three tickets in the rear stalls with uninterrupted views of the stage,two dinners (including one at the Met’sGrand Tier), all transfers,entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader. 12 NOVEMBER 2016 Manon Lescaut by Puccini Aida by Verdi La Bohème by Puccini Price from £2,980 per person 28 FEBRUARY2017 Rusalka by Dvorak Romeo et Juliette by Gounod La traviata by Verdi Price from £2,649 per person 27 MARCH2017 La traviata by Verdi Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky Aida by Verdi Price from £2,849 per person Speak to an expertorrequest abrochure: 020 7593 2284 quote code GOM www.kirkerholidays.com Opera, September 2016 1
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September 2016 Volume 67 No 9 Editor John Allison Deputy Editors Erica Jeal Henrietta Bredin Commercial Director Megan Jackson Editorial Board Martin Bernheimer Hugh Canning Rupert Christiansen Andrew Clark Andrew Clements Richard Fairman George Hall Fiona Maddocks Roger Parker Editorial Offices 36 Black Lion Lane London W6 9BE Telephone: 020 8563 8893 Fax: 020 8563 8635 email: editor@opera.co.uk Website: www.opera.co.uk operamagazine @operamagazine Subscriptions Esco, Trinity House, Sculpins Lane, Wethersfield, Braintree CM7 4AY Telephone: 01371 851804 Fax: 01371 851808 email: opera@escosubs.co.uk Digital edition Exact Editions www.exacteditions.com/opera Advertising Jane Stoggles Cabbell Publishing Ltd Telephone: 020 3603 7940 email: jane@cabbell.co.uk Front cover Louis Andriessen’ s ‘Theatre of the World’ at Dutch National Opera (see pp. 1148-9) (photo: Ruth Walz) Opera, September 2016 Founded in 1950 by the Earl of Harewood 1075 Trip hazard By the Editor 1077 People 446: Mariusz Treliński Past Editors Harold Rosenthal and Rodney Milnes George Loomis 1084 Readers’ letters 1086 A never-ending story Giancarlo Landini on the singers of Norma 1094 Newsdesk 1098 L’amico Fritz Half a century after Fritz Wunderlich’s untimely death, Gerhard Persché recalls the tenor ’s impact 1104 Obituaries 1106 Opera around the world 1163 Opera in Britain 1193 Opera on DVD and Blu-ray 1197 Opera on CD 1206 Coming events including plans for the UK houses, Geneva; ‘We hear that …’; Opera calendar home and abroad 1215 Classified advertisements 1216 My opera city … Daniela Barcellona 1073

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KIRKER OPERA HOLIDAYS

FORDISCERNINGTRAVELLERS Kirker Holidays offers an extensive rangeofindependent and escorted operaholidays. These include tours to leading festivals in Europe such as the Puccini FestivalinTorre del Lago,Verona and the VerdiFestivalinParma, as well as Glyndebourne, Buxton and operaweekends in Vienna, Milan and Venice.

We also host our ownexclusive music festivals on land and at featuring internationally acclaimed musicians.For thosewho prefer to travel independentlywearrangeshortbreaks with opera, ballet or concerttickets,toall the greatclassical cities in Europe.

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA&GALLERIES AND

MUSEUMS OF NEW YORK FIVE NIGHT ESCORTED HOLIDAYS|12NOVEMBER 2016

28 FEBRUARY&27MARCH 2017

Enjoythree star-studded performances at the Metropolitan Operafeaturing some of the world’s greatest operasingers including Anna Netrebko,Sonya Yonchevaand Kristine Opolais as well asabackstage tour of the Met.

In addition to the three performances we will visit the city’sgreatest museums and galleries including the WhitneyMuseumofAmerican Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Artand MOMA whereweenjoy aprivate visit beforethe crowds arrive-a highlight for manyclients. We will also see one of the world’s finest private collections at the Frick and the libraryofJPMorgan. Twodinnersare included–one at a

Kirker favourite local restaurant and one at The Grand Tier,the

Met’sown restaurant. We stayinthe heartofMidtown at the Fifty NYC Hotel on East 50th Street between Thirdand Lexington Avenues.

Prices include return flights,accommodation onaroomonly basis at theFifty NYC(Studio Suites with small kitchens),

three tickets in the rear stalls with uninterrupted views of the stage,two dinners (including one at the Met’sGrand Tier), all transfers,entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker Tour Leader.

12 NOVEMBER 2016 Manon Lescaut by Puccini

Aida by Verdi La Bohème by Puccini Price from £2,980 per person

28 FEBRUARY2017

Rusalka by Dvorak Romeo et Juliette by Gounod

La traviata by Verdi Price from £2,649 per person

27 MARCH2017

La traviata by Verdi Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky

Aida by Verdi Price from £2,849 per person

Speak to an expertorrequest abrochure: 020 7593 2284 quote code GOM www.kirkerholidays.com

Opera, September 2016

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