The Vienna Opera Festival (Wiener Festspiele) is a relatively new and small scale opera festival gaining momentum on the the international operatic scene.  The setting is the Grand Ballroom on the famous OpernRing in the heart of Vienna.  Renowned tenor Jesus Leon the founder created the festival as a platform for the rising star Young Artists of the Vienna Opera Academy, who perform alongside renowned and established opera singers.  Young opera singers, graduated from international conservatoires fly in from around the world for training with important opera singers, conductors and teachers. This summer we will enjoy Bizet’s Carmen and Verdi’s La Traviata in addition to an evening of Mozart’s masterpieces in the composer’s Viennese home, the Mozart Haus.  The world class cast is to be announced soon.  On the Sunday we will travel together to the magical alpine city of Innsbruck for a concert featuring Jesus Leon and the Munich Symphoniker.

Vienna is a relaxed city in the summer when you can wander the cobbled streets of the historic Innere Stadt and enjoy the elegant architecture, beautiful parks and noble palaces and tradtional Viennese cafes in the warm sunshine.  We will have expert daily tours of some of the cultural highlights.

Your 5 day package will include premium seats to the the semi-staged operas and concerts, hotel – Imperial Riding School in Vienna with breakfast.  Four dinners,  expert talks, a guided tour of the historic centre, visits with an art historian to the great art collections, a side trip to Innsbruck for a concert, your hotel in Innsbruck/

Price:
£1,900 inclusive for single occupancy room
£1,700 inclusive per person for a couple sharing a room 
These prices do not include flights but at the time of writing there is good availability and low fares with British Airways and Austrian Airlines.

For booking and information please contact Lucy@divasandscholars.com  
Alternatively call Lucy on (UK) 07880 640863.

PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR D&S Tour group for the Wiener Festspiele.  July 2024

Thursday 24^th July

Arrive Hotel – Imperial Riding School – Autograph Collection Hotels

Mozart Haus for Festival Young Artists concert – highlights of Cosi fan tutte and Le nozze di Figaro

8pm Group dinner .

Guest speaker tbc

Friday 25^th July

Breakfast

Morning expert guided walking tour of 1^st district with emphasis on musical history and architecture

Mid morning coffee and cakes (tbd) at Café Central.

Tour the Vienna State Opera.

Free time

6pm Pre-show dinner Grand Hotel

8pm La Traviata – Grand Ballroom

Saturday 26^th July

Breakfast

Morning tour of Kunsthistorische museum with art historian

Free time

Pre-show dinner Grand Hotel

8pm Carmen, Bizet – Grand Ballroom

Sunday 27^th July

Breakfast

Morning train to Innsbruck

Arrive at our hotel

Walk around Innsbruck

Pre-show dinner

7pm Concert of opera arias with the Munich Symphoniker, Jesus Leon

9.30pm party with the cast – venue to be confirmed.

Monday 28^th July

Breakfast

Check out of hotel.

Morning train to Vienna

End of Tour