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Sunday, July 31, 2016, Arrival Date: I will be waiting for you in the hotel lobby to help you get to your room.
Monday, August 1, 10:00am: Sightseeing bus tour through town with the best guide in all of Santa Fe, New Mexico: Mr. Peter Weiss of National Geographic.
11:00am: Walking tour through Santa Fe with Peter Weiss, visiting the secret place where scientists were hired for the Los Alamos Lab.
Noon: On your own…
3:00pm: Welcome reception at the Drury Plaza Hotel in the MEEM room. Mingle with your fellow travelers, collect your opera tickets, get more info about Santa Fe.
5:30pm: Light dinner
Tuesday, August 2, morning: On your own…
2:00pm: La Fanciulla del West: Puccini Reinventes Himself – Lecture and interview by Oliver Prezant, MEEM Room
5:30pm: Light dinner
6:15pm: Private bus transfer to the opera house
7:00pm: Pre-performance lecture
8:00pm: Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West
Wednesday, August 3, morning: On your own…
4:00pm: Private bus transfer to the opera house
4:30pm: Backstage tour, followed by preview dinner buffet
8:00pm: Barber’s Vanessa
Thursday, August 4, morning: On your own…
5:30pm: Light dinner
6:15pm: Private bus transfer
7:00pm: Pre-performance lecture
8:00pm: Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette
Friday, August 5, 10:00am: Our very own Ed Lieb delivers a lecture entitled “Strauss: From Tone Poem to Opera” in MEEM Room
5:30pm: Light dinner
6:15pm: Private bus transfer to the opera house
7:00pm: Pre-performance lecture
8:00pm: Strauss’ Capriccio
Saturday, August 6, morning: On your own…
5:30pm: Light dinner
6:15pm: Private bus transfer to the opera house
7:00pm: Pre-performance lecture
8:00pm: Mozart’s Don Giovanni
Sunday, August 7, 9:00am: We’ll meet in the lobby and head off to the El Santuario de Chimayo, which is about a half-hour north of Santa Fe. Our man Peter Weiss will guide us through the shrine. Among the stops will be the most famous weaver in Chimayo, the Centinela Chimayo Weavers. The owners will regale us with the history of Spanish weavers in New Mexico.
11:45am: Farewell lunch at the Rancho de Chimayo
1:00pm: Return to the hotel.
Afternoon and evening: Your last chance to go sightseeing and shopping!
Monday, August 8, Departure Day: I hope you had a blast.
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