For more than twenty-five years, we have offered an annual four-night visit to the prestigious Salzburg Easter Festival encompassing the complete four-performance cycle of opera and concerts. For 2025, the Festival will be led for the first time by Esa- Pekka Salonen, the distinguished Finnish conductor who has led the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the San Francsco Symphony and London’s Philharmonia Orchestra. Our four evenings will include the new production of Modest Mussorgsky’s gripping Russian rarity, Khovanshchina; Gustav Mahler’s full-length Symphony No. 2 (‘Resurrection’); Felix Mendelssohn’s beloved 19th century oratorio, Elijah; and a concert or works by Grieg, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich under the baton of Gianandrea Noseda. All four of our Easter performances will be in Salzburg’s Grosses Festspielhaus (Large Festival Hall), renowned for its brilliant acoustics and sightlines.

As always, we have combined Salzburg with a second city where the opera program is the most enticing of the season – usually Vienna, last year Dresden, and this year Munich. Immediately after Salzburg, an easy two-hour bus ride will take us to the Bavarian capital for three nights. We are always gratified by the exceptional musical standards of the city’s Bavarian State Opera, singled out by the NY Times for “perhaps the most dependably, densely exciting presentation of opera in the world . . . Opera is hardly ever perfect, but in Munich it comes closer, consistently, than anywhere else I know.” The highlights of our Munich visit will be performances of Tchaikovsky’s Pushkin-based melodrama, Pique Dame (‘The Queen of Spades’) and Puccini’s Italian masterwork, Manon Lescaut.

SALZBURG: April 18th – 21st

Our accommodations in Salzburg are for four nights (with a generous buffet breakfast) at the Imlauer Pitter Hotel, centrally located near the Mirabel Gardens and a short walk from the Mozarteum. The Pitter retains the classic Austrian atmosphere that attracts local residents to its several well-known dining areas. Both the Rainerstube Keller and the gourmet Imlauer Restaurant serve regional menus before and after the Festival performances, and the Plaza Bar is a popular gathering spot for international visitors. The top floor offers the Sky Restaurant Imlauer for breakfast with a beautiful view over Salzburg, and a fitness, sauna and relaxation area.

MUNICH, April 22nd – 24th

Accommodations for three nights at the deluxe Vier Jahreszeiten (‘Four Seasons’) Hotel, with a grand European buffet breakfast included. The Vier Jahreszeiten ranks as Munich’s finest, offering a wide variety of services in an old-fashioned Bavarian atmosphere. The hotel’s cuisine is renowned throughout Europe, and an indoor pool is situated on the penthouse floor with an open balcony. The ideal location is only two blocks from the opera house and a short walk from the central Marienplatz shopping area.

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Prices Per Person (Air Fare not Included)

Double Occupancy: $6,850
Single Occupancy: $7,830