VERDI IN VIENNA 7-10 JUNE   The Vienna State Opera's major contribution to the Verdi centenary celebrations will be a new staging of Nabucco conducted by Fabio Luisi with Maria Guleghina and Leo Nucci. Our June weekend combines this with Aida sung by Deborah Voigt and tickets are also available for Don Giovanni.

THURSDAY 7 JUNE

Depart London Heathrow on Austrian Airlines at 0935. Arrive Vienna Airport at 1245 and transfer to the 4 star Hotel Astoria, ideally located adjacent to the Vienna State Opera. Afternoon at leisure. Rendez-vous for a welcome drink at the hotel before this evening's performance.

Evening performance of AIDA (Verdi) at the Vienna State Opera. C: Jun Markl. Cast: Marianne Cornetti, Deborah Voigt, Fabio Armiliato, Oleg Bryjak.

FRIDAY 8 JUNE

This morning a musical tour of Vienna has been arranged. Join your expert guide and visit Mozart's tomb in the St Mark's cemetery as well as the Mozart memorial and Viktor Tilgner's statue of the composer in the Burggarten just inside the Ringstrasse. You will also visit the Figarohaus, Mozart's former residence and the Haydn House, the last home of the great composer.

Afternoon at leisure. Optional evening performance of DON GIOVANNI (Mozart) at the Vienna State Opera. C: Leopold Hager. Cast: Ricarda Merbeth, Soile Isokoski, Dwayne Croft, Michael Schade, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo.

SATURDAY 9 JUNE

Full day at leisure in Vienna. Evening performance of NABUCCO (Verdi) at the Vienna State Opera. C: Fabio Luisi. Cast: Maria Guleghina, Leo Nucci, Giacomo Prestia, Miro Dvorsky.

SUNDAY 10 JUNE

Today we take a glimpse at the life of another of Vienna's great composers: Joseph Haydn. Haydn was court composer to the Esterhazy princes whose seat, Schloss Esterhazy at Eisenstadt contains the Haydnsaal, a great hall of state decorated with 18th century frescoes.

Visit Haydn's tomb at the Bergkirche. Continue to Lake Neusiedl, the large lake surrounded by reeds and famous for the storks which roost in the chimneys. Lunch at Oslip. Continue, stopping en route at Haydn's birthplace at Rohrau, to Vienna Airport and depart on Austrian Airlines at 1715. Arrive London Heathrow at 1840.

	PRICE per person 4 Day Tour Price £875.00 Single Room Supplement £78.00 Deposit required £325.00 Booking Deadline 28 Feb Tour Code VVIE Tour price includes Flights and airport taxes - transfers - accommodation - Buffet breakfast daily - one lunch - sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees - second category tickets for Aida and Nabucco - tour manager. Supplements Additional tickets. Please request at time of booking. 8 Jun Don Giovanni £99.00