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Verona Opera Festival 4 Day Holiday with Page & Moy

months available

July, August

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Description

Verona Opera Festival Holiday.  4 day independent break with Page & Moy from £602.  Opera performances included.  Enjoy the freedom to attend two or three operas of your choice… with the added convenience of staying in the heart of historic Verona. These holidays are not escorted and are ideal for those who prefer their travel arrangements to be more flexible.

Tel: 0845 358 2639 | Visit the Page & Moy Website

Highlights
 - Enjoy several opera performances in the ancient Arena
 - Explore the wonderful city of Verona

Meal arrangements
 - 3 nights bed and breakfast

Also included
 - Performance tickets as described
 - Transfers

Ticket Upgrades Subject to availability
Your holiday includes tickets for seats in the steps areas. However, it should be possible to upgrade at the following supplements:

2 Opera departures
Numbered Steps - £145
Poltrone - £185
Poltronissimi - £260
Poltronissimi Gold - £315

3 opera departures
Numbered Steps - £215
Poltrone - £280
Poltronissimi - £390
Poltronissimi Gold - £475

Your Accommodation - 3 nights bed and breakfast

Hotel de’Capuleti (3-star)
The comfortable Hotel de’Capuleti is located near the historic city walls, just a few minutes’ walk from the arena. It offers a bar and lounge and all guest rooms have air-conditioning.

OR

Hotel San Luca (3-star)
Hotel San Luca is has a central and quiet position just 200 metres from Piazza Brà and outside the limited traffic zone, 400m from the arena, 500m from the famous Via Mazzini. This completely renovated hotel has a warm and refined elegant atmosphere, equipped with 36 beautiful rooms comfortably furnished and with air-conditioning, fridgebar, safe, Wi-Fi Internet and satellite TV. The bathrooms are provided with a bathtub or shower and are supplied with hair dryers, heated towel rail, beauty kit, linen towels and Terry towels. The San Luca has a bar and lounge, plus breakfast room.

Operas

Madame Butterfly
Perhaps Puccini’s best-known opera, Madame Butterfly is set in Nagasaki and tells the story of geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly, as she marries the American Pinkerton. He leaves her, only returning three years later with an American wife to take his and Madame Butterfly’s son back home with him. In the closing scenes of the opera, Madame Butterfly stabs herself rather than live without him.

Aida
Verdi’s spectacular and dramatic tale of Aida and Radames’ tragic love is a Verona classic.

Il Trovatore
At the heart of Verdi’s melodramatic opera is Leonora, loved by both the Count di Luna and Manrico, the Trovatore (troubador) of the title. With kidnapped babies, gypsy curses, revenge and hidden identities all featuring with many twists and turns, Il Trovatore keeps the audience spellbound to its final notes.

Carmen
Carmen revolves around a soldier, Don Jose, and a gypsy woman, Carmen. When she is arrested for attacking another woman, Carmen convinces Don Jose to let her escape. She then takes him as a lover and persuades him to desert, however, she tires of him quickly, and Don Jose is convinced by his childhood love, Micaela, to leave Carmen to see his dying mother. Carmen takes a new lover, the handsome toreador Escamillo, and drives Don Jose crazy with jealousy.

Turandot
This was Puccini’s last work and remained unfinished when he died in 1924. Based on Gozzi’s fable of the cruel eastern princess who slays all those who love her, it tells the story of Princess Turandot who decrees that she will marry the man who can solve her three riddles. Anyone who fails will be executed. There are many twists and turns to this gripping tale and the opera ends as the cast salutes the power of love.

Your Itinerary

DAY 1 UK/Verona
Fly to Verona where you will be met and transferred to your chosen hotel; either the 3-star Hotel de’Capuleti or the 4-star Hotel Accademia.

DAYS 2 – 3 Verona
You are free to explore the ancient city of Verona, with its immense wealth of history and culture. In addition to the arena, be sure to visit the well-preserved Roman theatre; the tombs of the Scaligeri family, who once ruled over the city; the fascinating art collections housed in Fort Belvedere; the lovely duomo; lively Piazza dell’Erbe; and Juliet’s balcony – Verona is the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Verona is also renowned for its enticing shops and there is a good choice of welcoming cafes and restaurants within walking distance of the arena.

DAY 4 Verona/UK
Today you transfer back to the airport for the homeward flight.

About Page & Moy
Over the years we have developed an enviable reputation for the diverse and unusual nature of our product range which spans everything from traditional touring holidays, city breaks and opera weekends, to food and wine tours, river and ocean cruises, safari’s, F1 racing, walking holidays, and memorable classic journeys by train.

Tel: 0845 358 2639 | Visit the Page & Moy Website

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