Tailor-made Holidays for Music Lovers from C and H Travel Ltd
Opera / Operetta Festivals in other Countries
For independent travellers, we are more than happy to arrange short breaks or holidays to Opera / Operetta Festivals and Events in other countries and destinations on request. We will willingly book tickets, accommodation, transfers and other transportation, excursions and other activities on request (subject to availability).
Some Festivals and events sell out very quickly, so we cannot guarantee that we can always obtain tickets for you, but we will do our very best to help.
As with all our holidays, we are more than happy to tailor your holiday to your individual requirements as far as we are able. All enquiries are handled entirely without obligation on your part.
A selection of some of the Festivals and events we can book for you are listed below. If there is anything that you are interested in that is not featured here then please contact us and we will do all we can to assist you.
United Kingdom
Buxton Festival 2012
The annual Opera Festival takes place in July at the beautiful Buxton Opera House. The programme for July 2012 will include:
"Intermezzo" by Strauss. An autobiographical comedy of jealousy with some gorgeous Strauss music.
"Jeptha" Harry Christophers conducts one of Handel's greatest oratorios.
"Kaschei the Immortal" by Rimsky-Korsakov in a double bill with "The Maiden in the Tower" by Sibelius. Two tales of damsels in distress by great musical masters.
"L'Olimpiade" by Vivaldi. A timely tribute to the Olympic games in a score of great lyrical beauty
"The Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart.
"The Turn of the Screw" by Britten.
19th International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival
The world's largest Gilbert and Sullivan Festival takes place in August 2012 in the Spa town of Buxton. There is a daily changing programme of Savoy Operas performed by professional and amateur companies at the Buxton Opera House, plus a host of "fringe events" each day.
Grange Park Opera
In June 2012 there will be performances of "Madame Butterfly" (Puccini); "Idomeneo" (Mozart); "The Queen of Spades" (Tchaikovsky) at Grange Park in Hampshire and in July 2012 performances of "Eugene Onegin" (Tchaikovsky) will be given in Leicestershire.
Longborough Festival Opera
Based in the Cotswolds, from in June / July 2012 there will be performances of "The Magic Flute" (Mozart); "Katya Kabanova" (Janacek) and "Gotterdammerung" (Wagner).
Garsington Opera
The Wormsley Estate (Oxfordshire home of the Getty Family) will host this Festival in June - July 2012 with performances of "L'Olimpiade" (Vivaldi); "Don Giovanni" (Mozart); and "La Perichole" (Offenbach".
Iford Arts Festival
Based at Iford Manor, Bradford on Avon, near Bath, this Festival will include Opera, Classical Music and Jazz. The Festival runs from mid June to early August. The programme is yet to be announced.
Opera Holland Park
Holland Park in central London is the home to this Festival. In June / July 2012 there will be performances of "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Donizetti); "Zanetto" (Mascagni); "Gianni Schicci" (Puccini); "Cosi fan Tutte" (Mozart); "Falstaff" (Verdi); "Eugene Onegin" (Tchaikovsky).
We can also book tickets for the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, English National Opera at the Coliseum and performances by other Opera companies around the UK.
Germany
The Johann Strauss Operetta Festival in Dresden
The Dresden Operetta Theatre will present a week of Operetta performances by Johann Strauss and Jacques Offenbach in May 2012. Click here for more information.
The Festival Theatre in Baden-Baden
There is a full programme of Concerts, Opera and Ballet throughout the year.