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ESTONIAN
NATIONAL OPERA AND BALLET
Tallinn is probably the most modern of the three
Baltic capitals but at its centre is the medieval city
with a maze of cobbled streets, its city walls, merchant’s
houses, guild halls, fine restaurants and soaring church
spires. There is much to see in Tallinn but while in Tallinn,
there is the possibility of visiting Helsinki by ferry.
Both cities are ports and there are several crossings
daily; both ferry terminals are close to the city centres,
the fares are inexpensive and the crossing time is only
an hour and a half. We can also arrange onward travel
to other parts of Estonia such as the peaceful island
of Saaremaa or to Estonian’s other cities like Tartu
or Parnu.
Estonia’s operatic traditions are 250 years old
and the Estonian National Opera was founded in 1906. The
core of its present repertoire consists of classical and
contemporary operas, ballets, operettas and musicals.
While the opera houses of many formerly communist cities
have increased their ticket prices very substantially
the Estonian National Opera & Ballet still offers
great bargains; apart from special gala performances,
performances by visiting companies and other special events
it is difficult to pay more than £30 for a ticket
in the very best category!
Opera performances this year include Die Fledermaus, Cosi
fan tutte, La Bohème, the Queen of Spades, Eugene
Onegin, La Traviata which has been much enjoyed by many
Operas Abroad clients in Tallinn and The Love of Three
Oranges which was chosen recently to be the first opera
ever broadcast in full on Estonian national television.
An Operas Abroad group greatly enjoyed the ballet The
Three Musketeers last April and the work now seems to
be firmly embedded it the company’s repertoire.
The score for the ballet is by Sir Malcolm Arnold, a composer
well-know to British audiences for his film scores to
The Bridge on the River Kwai and the Inn of the Sixth
Happiness as well as his chamber and orchestral works
including the ever popular overture Tam O’Shanter.
We offer packages, which include return flights, airport
transfers, three hotel nights with breakfast and opera
synopses. The ticket prices for opera, ballets and concerts
are shown on the schedule at the end of the brochure are
all best category ones.
We are always happy to arrange holidays to suit individual
requirements, extra nights, concert
We
are always pleased to arrange holidays to meet individual
requirements, extra nights, concerts
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| HOTELS
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Price
per person
for 3 nights with breakfast
Including flights and transfers |
Extra
night
per person |
Single
Room
supplement for
3 nights |
Single
Room
supplement for
1 extra night |
| Three
Sisters Hotel 5 Star
|
£670 |
£109 |
£165 |
£65 |
| Hotel
Barons 4 Star |
£580 |
£74 |
£140 |
£35 |
| Old
Town Maestro’s Hotel 3 Star
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£490 |
£49 |
£99 |
£30 |
| Offer
subject to price variation and availability at the
time of booking
These prices do not include the cost of tickets.
Please refer to Opera Schedule for ticket prices.
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Hotel Detail
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The
Three Sisters Hotel *****
combines beautifully the medieval old charm of Tallinn
with the comforts of modern technology. The three
attached houses date back to 1362. The twenty-three
suites and rooms are all different in shape and
size due to the unique construction of these three
historical buildings. Each room contains luxury
furnishings, complimentary toiletries, in-room safe,
satellite TV, CD/DVD player, hair dryer, blackout
blinds and dimmer lights, umbrellas, bathrobes &
slippers and wheelchair-accessibility. They also
offer the largest showerheads in Eastern Europe
that have been described by clients as being in
a tropical storm. The walking distance to the Opera
House is about 15 minutes. |
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Hotel
Barons ****
This small and atmospheric hotel is located a couple
of steps from the Town Hall Square. Carefully restored
in the early 20th century style, the hotel has retained
the contemporary interior and atmosphere. Previously,
the building served as a bank - it still has the
vaults that are today used for keeping the guests'
valuables. The hotel features an á la carte
restaurant, a lobby bar and a sauna. There are 32
rooms, all nicely appointed and fully equipped with
modern amenities, including minibar, air conditioning
and floor heating in the bathrooms. Rooms for non-smokers
and sufferers from allergies are provided. The hotel
is about 300 metres from the Opera House. |
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Hotel
Old Town Maestro’s ***
This comfortable hotel occupies an historic building
which was built in the 15th century and adapted
for its use as a hotel in 2002. The rooms are
large, it has a lobby bar and the staff is friendly.
There is a breakfast room but they do not serve
meals at other times of day, this should not be
a problem as there are many restaurants all around
it.
The hotel has an excellent location in the old
city, very close to the medieval Town Hall Square
and it is about 300 metres from the Opera House.
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The
performances will be evening ones unless shown otherwise.
The prices below are for seats in the best category, this
covers the central seats in rows 2-7 of the orchestra
stalls, the most central eight seats in the first row
of the first balcony and seats in the Centre Box (a raised
area on the first balcony).
Die Fledermaus-J. Strauss, Die Csárdásfurstin-Kálmán,
La Bohème-Puccini, Ballet Nutcracker, Operetta
Gala, Ballet. Manon, Carmen-Bizet. £30
My Fair Lady-Frederick Loewe, The Love of Three Oranges-Prokofiev,
La Traviata-Verdi, Ballet Gala. £27
Ballet Romeo & Juliet, Cosi Fan Tutte-Mozart, Ballet
Swan Lake, Un Ballo In Maschera-Verdi, The Queen of Spades-Tchaikovsky,
Tosca. £24
Ballet The Three Musketeers, La Cenerentola-Rossini, Ballet
La Sylphide. £22
Ballet Coppélia, Ballet Evening, Wellenberg-Erkki-Sven
Tüür. £20
Guest performances by the Latvian National Opera &
Ballet of Eugene Onegin-Tchaikovsky, Ballet Giselle, Ballet
the Bright Stream. £42
New Year Ball. £74
Bookings made without a booking of accommodation or travel
have an additional fee of £5 per ticket.
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Opera
Schedule
September
2010
W 8 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 9 DIE FLEDERMAUS
F 10 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Sa 11 Ballet. ROMEO & JULIET
W 15 Ballet. ROMEO & JULIET
Th 16 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
F 17 COSI FAN TUTTE
Sa 18 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Su 19 Ballet. COPPÉLIA (12 noon)
W 22 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 23 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
F 24 COSI FAN TUTTE
Su 26 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Th 28 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 29 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
October 2010
Su 3 Ballet. ROMEO & JULIET
W 6 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 6 LA CENERENTOLA
F 8 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Sa 9 LA TRAVIATA
Su 10 Ballet. COPPÉLIA (12 noon)
Tu 12 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 13 LA TRAVIATA
Th 14 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
F 15 LA CENERENTOLA
Su 16 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Su 17 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 21 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
F 22 Ballet. ROMEO & JULIET
Sa 23 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Su 24 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
W 27 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Tu 28 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
F 29 LA BOHÈME
Sa 30 LA BOHÈME
November 2010
Tu 2 DIE FLEDERMAUS
W 3 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Th 4 LA TRAVIATA
Sa 6 LA BOHÈME
Su 7 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 10 DIE FLEDERMAUS
F 12 COSI FAN TUTTE
Sa 13 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Su 14 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Tu 16 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 17 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 18 LA BOHÈME
F 19 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Sa 20 COSI FAN TUTTE
W 24 LA TRAVIATA
Th 25 DIE FLEDERMAUS
F 26 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Sa 27 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Su 28 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
December 2010
Th 2 LA BOHÈME
F 3 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
Sa 4 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Su 5 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER (12 noon)
Su 5 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Tu 7 DIE FLEDERMAUS
W 8 LA CENERENTOLA
Th 9 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
Sa 11 LA TRAVIATA
Su 12 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Tu 14 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 15 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
(12 noon & 5pm)
Th 16 COSI FAN TUTTE
F 17 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
Sa 18 LA CENERENTOLA
Su 19 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
(12 noon & 5pm)
Th 21 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 22 LA TRAVIATA
Tu 28 DIE FLEDERMAUS
W 29 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
F 31 NEW YEAR’S EVE BALL
January 2011
Th 6 DIE FLEDERMAUS
F 7 Ballet. THE NUTCRACKER
Sa 8 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Su 9 Ballet. THE NUTRACKER (12 noon)
Su 9 OPERETTA GALA
W 12 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Th 13 COSI FAN TUTTE
F 14 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Sa 15 Ballet. LA SYLPHIDE
Su 16 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Tu 18 Ballet. GISELLE
W 19 Ballet. THE BRIGHT STREAM
Sa 22 EUGENE ONEGIN
Su 23 EUGENE ONEGIN
W 26 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Th 27 LA BOHÈME
F 28 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Sa 29 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Su 30 Ballet. LA SYLPHIDE (12 noon)
Su 30 MY FAIR LADY
February 2011
W 2 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 3 LA TRAVIATA
F 4 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Sa 5 COSI FAN TUTTE
Su 6 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
W 9 MY FAIR LADY
Th 10 BALLET EVENING
F 11 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Sa 12 BALLET EVENING
Tu 15 DIE FLEDERMAUS
W 16 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Th 17 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
F 18 THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Sa 19 BALLET EVENING
Su 20 MY FAIR LADY
F 25 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Sa 26 THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Su 27 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
March 2011
W 2 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Th 3 COSI FAN TUTTE
F 4 BALLET EVENING
W 9 MY FAIR LADY
Th 10 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
F 11 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Su 12 LA BOHÈME
Th 17 BALLET EVENING
F 18 LA TRAVIATA
Su 20 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
Tu 22 MY FAIR LADY
W 23 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 24 LA CENERENTOLA
F 25 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
Sa 26 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
W 30 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Th 31 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
April 2011
F 1 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Sa 2 LA BOHÈME
Su 3 MY FAIR LADY
W 8 UN BALLO IN MASCHERA
Th 7 Ballet. MANON
F 8 LA BOHÈME
Sa 9 Ballet. MANON
Tu 12 MY FAIR LADY
Th 14 Ballet. MANON
F 15 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Sa 16 LA TRAVIATA
Tu 19 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 20 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Tu 26 DIE FLEDERMAUS
W 27 THE LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
Th 28 TOSCA
F 29 BALLET GALA
Sa 30 BALLET GALA
May 2011
Th 5 LA BOHÈME
F 6 Ballet. MANON
Sa 7 WALLENBERG
Su 8 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
W 11 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 12 LA TRAVIATA
F 13 Ballet. SWAN LAKE
Sa 14 TOSCA
Su 15 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
W 18 DIE FLEDERMAUS
Th 19 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
F 20 DIE CSÁRDÁSFÜRSTIN
Sa 21 Ballet. MANON
Th 26 CARMEN
F 27 Ballet. MANON
Sa 28 CARMEN
Su 29 CARMEN
June 2011
F 3 Ballet. COPPÉLIA
Sa 4 TOSCA
W 8 CARMEN
Th 9 Ballet. THE THREE MUSKETEERS
Sa 11 Ballet. MANON
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