Opera on Seabourn Cruises!

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Opera Company to Take Center Stage on Six Seabourn Cruises

MIAMI, April 5
The acclaimed British repertory troupe, The Reduced Opera Company,
will appear as a part of Seabourn Cruise Line's celebrated Dress
Circle onboard enrichment program in 2005. A trio of singers: a
soprano, a mezzo soprano and a tenor or baritone, will be performing a
program of popular selections from classical and light opera on six
select voyages aboard all three Seabourn yachts during the year.

The cast, which may vary from cruise to cruise, is comprised of some
of the most celebrated singers in international opera. The following
are among those scheduled to appear:

Charlotte Page has sung over thirty principal roles in opera for
companies such as the Royal Opera, Covent Garden at the Savonlinna
Festival, Finland, the Welsh National Opera and Opera Northern
Ireland. She performed the title role in Lucia Di Lammermoor for Haddo
House Opera. Internationally, she has appeared with Atelier Lyrique,
Orleans and throughout France. She also starred as Christine in
Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre London for eighteen
months.

Anne Williams-King, a Welsh soprano, has mastered a wide variety of
roles and appeared with Lyric Opera Ottawa, Holland's Nationale
Reisopera, as well as companies in Austria, Germany, Belgium and
Switzerland. Closer to home, she has performed with the English,
Scottish and Welsh National Operas and in concerts at Royal Albert
Hall, London Barbican and the Festival Hall London.

Tenor Bradley Daley is a regular soloist with the English National
Opera in the London Coliseum and has toured around the United Kingdom,
in Australia and in America as well as broadcasting on BBC television,
radio and Channel 4.

Soprano Chloe Wright has worked with the Garden Opera, Pavillion Opera
and Opera Holland Park and the Wexford Festival Opera. She spent two
years singing the role of Musetta in Baz Luhrmann's production of La
Boheme on Broadway, winning a Tony Honor for Excellence and a Drama
League of America Outstanding Artist award.

Welsh brothers Mark and Wynne Evans both attended Guildhall School and
went on to study at the National Opera Studio. Mark, a baritone, has
performed with the English National Opera, Welsh National Opera,
Wexford Festival Opera and the Covent Garden Festival. Tenor Wynne has
sung with the English and Welsh National Operas, Opera Holland Park
and has worked as a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC
Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra. He has sung at
the Royal Albert Hall and as a soloist at the opening nights of the
BBC Proms.

During each cruise, the company will present two full performances of
arias and selections entitled "Pure Opera." One of these will be
introduced and complemented by a special "Night at the Opera" formal
dinner in The Restaurant.

The Reduced Opera Company will perform aboard The Yachts of Seabourn
on the following cruises:

Seabourn Legend April 7 (7 days Lisbon to Monte Carlo) and April 24 (7
days Barcelona to Monte Carlo).

Seabourn Pride May 6 (16 days Istanbul to Lisbon) and May 22 (14 days
Lisbon to London); August 28 (18 days London to New York).

Seabourn Spirit October 16 (7 days Athens to Alexandria).

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"Ray Goldenberg" wrote in message
...
Hi Everyone,

I received this press release from Seabourn and thought it would be of
interest. If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are
available on my web site.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com


Opera Company to Take Center Stage on Six Seabourn Cruises


I wonder how the singers will react when they find out that smoking is
allowed in 1/3 of the seats in the lounges where they perform!

"Ray Goldenberg" wrote in message
...
Hi Everyone,

I received this press release from Seabourn and thought it would be of
interest. If you have missed any of my news' postings, they are
available on my web site.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com


Opera Company to Take Center Stage on Six Seabourn Cruises


I wonder how the singers will react when they find out that smoking is
allowed in 1/3 of the seats in the lounges where they perform!