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La Boheme - Opera on Sydney Harbour

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Spend an unforgettable night under the stars.......

4 Days

22nd - 25th March, 2018

Price per person twin share $ 2,545

Repeat clientele twin share $ 2,495

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT $ 265 Tour Departs: Thursday 22nd March, 2018 Tour Returns: Sunday 25th March, 2018 Deposit: $200 per person upon booking

Balance due on invoice approximately 45 days prior to departure Single travellers who are prepared to twin share will be matched

with another passenger (of the same gender) or, if this is not possible, provided with single accommodation at the twin share fare.

Tour Price Includes: Pick up from and return to your home - Greater Melbourne, Bendigo,

Ballarat, Geelong, the Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas, Phillip Island and some areas of Gippsland.

VIRGIN Flights Melbourne to Sydney and Return. Travel by our own state of the art luxury coach, equipped with restroom,

satellite phone, fold-down arm rests, seat belts and extra leg room. Our coach has a ’kneeling’ device and second door for ease of entry and disembarkation. Our coach is also fitted with ‘Road Cam’ TV monitors which display in real time the road ahead. The coach offers a smooth quiet ride and views through large panoramic windows.

Premium Seating - for La Boheme - Opera. Quality ensuite motel accommodation. All tours and interest venues as per itinerary. Meals: Full cooked breakfasts, dinners, most lunches.

(2 lunches at own expense as per itinerary)

The following cancellation fees apply for this tour: Deposit refundable until 46 days prior to departure

45 to 15 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 50% Refund or Tour Cost 14 to 8 days BEFORE DEPARTURE 30% Refund of Tour Cost Within 8 days and on or after departure NO REFUND

All passengers are required to co-operate with the seat rotation program determined by O’Shannessy’s Tour Directors.

TRAVEL INSURANCE IS NOT COMPULSORY HOWEVER IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED AND IS AVAILABLE FROM OUR OFFICE.

The Proprietors reserve the right to vary any accommodation, price or other features of the tour at any time at their own discretion.

Tour Highlights:

Sydney Opera House - tour

Sydney Sightseeing tour

La Boheme on Sydney Harbour - Premier Seating

Sydney Harbour Story Cruise

Dinner at iconic Sydney Tower Restaurant

La Boheme - Opera on Sydney Harbour

A candle sputters out in the Parisian night. Two hands meet in the dark and four friends’ lives are changed forever. Puccini’s beloved opera, La Bohème, opens your soul to emotions too big for words. His music swells with love, soars in ecstasy, crackles with jealousy and cries with heartache. Experience the romance of the original bohemian love story at the magnificent Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. You’ll taste the best of Sydney in a single night out: food, fireworks, singing and spectacle under the stars.

Featuring:

The amazing career of the young, Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska exemplifies a fast rise to international success. A graduate of the J. Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, she studied with Prof. A. Garanča, and made her operatic stage debut in 2003 at the Latvian National Opera in Riga, her native city, in the role of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. Later that year she performed at the International Opera Festival in Sigulda, and was also awarded a scholarship to study in Italy with renowned soprano Mirella Freni, a collaboration that remains fruitful. In 2004 Ms. Kovalevska won both the Riccardo Zandonai First Prize at the International Competition for Opera Singers in Riva del Garda, and the Latvian Grand Music Award. Paul O’Neill studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he completed a Bachelor of Performing Arts (Classical). In 2005 Paul was awarded Opera Foundation Australia’s Covent Garden National Opera Studio Scholarship and subsequently graduated from the National Opera Studio in 2006. After studying at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice with Dennis O’Neill he joined the ensemble and studio of the Staatsoper Berlin in November 2007. Prior to this Paul was a Young Artist at West Australian Opera where he sang solo tenor in Orff’s Carmina Burana and the roles of Flavio Norma, Monostatos Die Zauberflöte, Don Ottavio, Don Giovanni and Gastone La Traviata. He has also performed in numerous sacred works including solo tenor in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle and Stabat Mater, Handel’s Ode on Saint Cecilia’s Day, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Nelson Mass and has performed with several of Australia’s major orchestras.

*These are the two Principal Artists for this Opera playing the parts of Mimi and Rodolfo. Please note these are the artists noted to be performing on our night but this is subject to change.

Day 1: Thursday 22nd March, 2018

MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY

Welcome to our 4 day tour to Sydney featuring a very special presentation of Puccini’s Opera - La Boheme performed on Sydney Harbour. Our flight departs Melbourne later this morning and on our arrival in Sydney, we are met by a local touring coach and transferred to our accommodation for the next three nights. We have the afternoon free to explore. Maybe we can spend the afternoon on some retail therapy or perhaps just relax at the hotel. We’ll meet up this evening with our O’Shannessy’s Crew and the rest of the group for dinner in the hotel. Lunch in-flight

OVERNIGHT: Vibe at Rushcutters Bay, SYDNEY

Day 2: Friday 23rd March, 2018

SYDNEY

After breakfast, we head off on our sightseeing tour of the Harbour City! Firstly, we drive to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair on the harbour foreshore. The chair was carved out of the sandstone by convicts for Governor Lachlan Macquarie’s wife in order for her to watch the activity on the harbour and await the arrival of the ships from England. The point provides us with wonderful views of the Sydney Opera House, the Harbour Bridge and Fort Deninson - don’t forget to bring your camera as this is a great photo opportunity! We then make our way to Sydney Opera House where we meet our local guide for a tour of the Opera House with a difference. 60 years ago Jorn Utzon designed what is now considered one of the greatest buildings of all time. It is also the youngest building ever to be world heritage listed. We’ll take a tour of this fascinating cultural icon and then enjoy

Some free time to purchase lunch and take in the sights before returning to the hotel. We have a special outing early this evening a delightful buffet dinner at Sydney Tower’s Restaurant. We have arranged for a transfer back to the hotel - or if you wish you may like to

soak up some more of the Sydney nightlife!

Lunch own expense / arrangement OVERNIGHT: Vibe at Rushcutters Bay, SYDNEY

Day 3: Saturday 24th March, 2018

SYDNEY - IT’S ALL ABOUT OPERA!

This morning we board Captain Cook Cruises for the Harbour Story Cruise – as the name suggests, we’ll hear commentary of the stories of Sydney and her harbour with unlimited self-service tea and coffee. Lunch is at our own expense today and we have the

afternoon free for some shopping on Darling Harbour or perhaps some personal sightseeing. We return to our hotel this afternoon to prepare for our evening out. We enjoy an early dinner, then we make our way to the magical harbour-edge

setting on Sydney Harbour where the waterways are transformed into an astonishing floating stage. As we are seated with one of the world’s most beautiful cities as our backdrop we can understand why Opera on the Harbour has become so popular! La Boheme - it’s a

Scenes are from stage play of La Boheme

story of four friends; a poet, a painter, a musician and a philosopher having a night on the town. It’s Christmas Eve and the poet has just felt the first pangs of great love. In her tiny room that Christmas Eve, a candle’s flame provides the only light - until the flame gutters and dies. She knocks on the door to the friends department, hoping for a match from a neighbour. Instead Mimi discovered the love of her life... Spend an unforgettable night under the stars with beautiful music as we experience a breathtaking spectacle. Opera Australia p e r f o r m s G i a c o m o Puccini’s sublime Opera La Boheme on a shimmering

stage on Sydney Harbour. Our performance should be starring: Latvian Soprano Maija Kovalevska, Tenor Paul O’Neill, Soprano

Julie Lea Goodwin a n d B a r i t o n e Christopher Tonkin plus many others. Followed by fireworks...to reveal more would ruin the surprise. This will be a most memorable evening.

Lunch own expense / arrangement OVERNIGHT: Vibe at Rushcutters Bay, SYDNEY

Day 4: Sunday 25th March, 2018

SYDNEY TO MELBOURNE

Following a leisurely breakfast, we complete our check-out procedures. We then transfer to Sydney Airport to connect with our flight to Melbourne. As usual, our chauffeurs will be waiting to take us home. What a wonderful break!! Lunch in-flight

We trust you arrive home safely with memories of a fascinating and rewarding tour.

We thank you for travelling with O’Shannessy’s Tours and look forward to your patronage again in the future!

CONDITIONS OF TRAVEL

Any special passenger requirements must be notified to O’Shannessy’s Tours at the time of booking. No passenger will be permitted to embark or continue on the tour while their mental or physical condition is, in the opinion of any representative of O’Shannessy’s Tours, such as to render them incapable of caring for themselves, or whereby they become objectionable to other passengers, or they become a hazard to themselves or other passengers. O’Shannessy’s Tours will not be responsible for expenses resulting in such persons being precluded from completing the tour for any such reason.

It is also a requirement of O’Shannessy’s Tours that each passenger is able to negotiate coach steps without the aid of the coach crew or other passengers.

Any passenger who requires assistance for any of the above is required to travel with a companion capable of providing all necessary assistance.

If you are willing to twin share but are a smoker or have a CPAP machine or snore, you will need to pay a single supplement for a sole use room.

Scene from Aida on the Sydney Harbour