THURSDAY 23 JULY

1.30-2.00 Arrival at the Lee Wood Hotel, The Park, Buxton SK17 6TQ   Tel: 01298 23002

2.30-4.30 Study session in one of the hotel meeting rooms, including coffee break. There will be time for questions/discussion.

5.15 Dinner in the hotel’s AA rosette-winning restaurant (choice of 4 starters, mains and sweets, including coffee but excluding wine)

6.50 Walk to Opera House

7.15 Louise (concert performance in French, with surtitles). Cast includes Madeleine Pierard (Louise), Susan Bickley and Michael Druiett. Conductor Stephen Barlow

FRIDAY 24 JULY

10.30-12.30    Study session in hotel, with break (The hotel offers a good lunch menu, plus bar snacks)   Free afternoon to explore Buxton. Attractions include the Thermal Baths and the Georgian Crescent and Great Stables.

(Dinner is independent, though some may again like to eat in the hotel)

7.15 Giovanna d’Arco (in Italian, with surtitles) Cast includes Kate Ladner (Giovanna), Ben Johnson (Carlo), Eric Greene and Graeme Danby. Producer Elijah Moshinsky, conductor Stuart Stratford.   Ends 10.15

 SATURDAY 25 JULY

10.30-12.30 Study session, with break

5.15 Dinner in the hotel

7.15 Lucia di Lammermoor  (in Italian, with surtitles). Cast includes Elin Pritchard (Lucia), Adriano Graziani (Edgardo) and Stephen Gadd (Enrico). Producer Stephen Unwin; conductor Stephen Barlow .