Arrive in Brisbane and make your way to the hotel. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements.

This evening, join Peter and fellow travellers for a welcome briefing, followed by dinner.

(D)

In the morning, enjoy a pre-performance talk by Peter, followed by a visit of the Brisbane City Botanical Gardens. The gardens feature a bamboo grove, weeping fig avenue as well as ornamental ponds.

In the early evening transfer by coach to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for the performance of Das Rheingold commencing at 7pm.

CAST – DAS RHEINGOLD
Wotan – Vitalij Kowaljow
Donner – Andrew Moran
Froh – Dean Bassett
Loge – Hubert Francis
Alberich – Warwick Fyfe
Fricka – Jacqueline Dark
Freia – Mariana Hong
Erda – Liane Keegan
Mime – Andreas Conrad
Fasolt – Daniel Sumegi
Fafner – Donald Thomson

(B)

Today enjoy a scenic drive through the Glass House Mountains in the hinterland of Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The pinnacles that form the mountains are in fact volcanic plugs and rise 1,800 feet above the coastal plain. The mountains were named by Captain Cook when he sighted them from his ship the HMS Endeavour.

Enjoy lunch at King Ludwig’s Bavarian Restaurant located in the town of Maleny before exploring the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve. Located in the Blackall Range, the rainforest evokes the impression of Siegfried’s forest.

Return to Brisbane in the late afternoon, followed by the evening at leisure.

(BL)

This morning enjoy a pre-performance talk by Peter, followed by some time at leisure.

In the mid-afternoon, return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for the performance of Die Walkűre commencing at 5pm.

CAST – DIE WALKÜRE
Siegmund – Rosario La Spina
Hunding – Donald Thomson
Wotan – Vitalij Kowaljow
Sieglinde – Anna-Louise Cole
Brünnhilde – Allison Oakes
Fricka – Jacqueline Dark

(B)

This morning attend a symposium organised in conjunction with the Richard Wagner Society of Queensland. Enjoy talks and panel discussions by leading Wagner experts.

The remainder of the day and evening is at leisure.

In the evening enjoy an optional performance of Aida at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre. (Optional, extra cost applies)

(B)

This morning enjoy a pre-performance talk by Peter before some free time.

In the afternoon return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for the performance of Siegfried commencing at 5pm.

CAST – SIEGFRIED
Siegfried – Stefan Vinke
Mime – Andreas Conrad
Alberich – Warwick Fyfe
Fafner – Donald Thomson
Erda – Liane Keegan
Woodbird – Stacey Alleaume
Brünnhilde – Allison Oakes

(B)

Today, travel south across the Queensland border to Murwillumbah to visit the Tweed Regional Gallery. Enjoy a private guided tour of the gallery’s vibrant exhibition of established national and regional artists, including the Margaret Olley Art Centre, dedicated to Australia’s most famous painter of still life and interiors. Central to this is the re-creation of areas of Olley’s famous home studio, principally the Hat Factory and the Yellow Room.

Return to Brisbane in the late afternoon. The evening is at leisure.

(BL)

This morning enjoy a pre-performance talk before a special farewell lunch with Peter and fellow travellers.

In the afternoon return to the Queensland Performing Arts Centre for the performance of Götterdämmerung commencing at 4pm.

CAST – GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG
Siegfried – Stefan Vinke
Gunther ­– Luke Gabbedy
Alberich – Warwick Fyfe
Hagen – Daniel Sumegi
Brünnhilde – Allison Oakes
Gutrune – Maija Kovalevska
Waltraute – Deborah Humble
Woglinde – Eva Kong
Wellgunde – Jane Ede
Flosshilde – Dominica Matthews

(BL)

Tour arrangements conclude after breakfast. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including any additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour.

(B)