May 2-4, 2003
Renee Fleming
La Traviata
Houston Grand Opera
Get
a printable PDF of the itinerary. May 2, 2003
Southwest Airlines Flight 502
8:25 a.m. Depart Albuquerque
11:00 a.m. Arrive Dallas
(Love) change planes and
11:30 a.m. Depart Dallas (Love)
12:25 p.m. Arrive Houston (Hobby)
1:00 p.m. Shared cab ride to The Sam Houston Hotel (approximately
20 minutes). Cost of cab (approximately $22.00) to be shared
by cab occupants.
1:30 p.m. Check into The
Sam Houston Hotel
5:30 p.m. Reservations
for dinner at Chef John Sheely’s
Riviera Grill (French and Italian specialties) located at
the hotel. Each person pays for own meal ordered from standard
menu.
7:15 p.m. Meet
in hotel lobby for transportation to Houston Grand Opera by
hotel’s
town car.
8:00 p.m. Curtain up for La Traviata. (Approximately 2 hrs.
and 45 min. with 2 Intermissions.)
11:00 p.m. Backstage meeting with Renee Fleming.
11:30 p.m. Meet in opera house lobby for transportation
back to hotel by town car.
May 3, 2003
Free Day in Houston
11:00 a.m. Private tour of the Menil
Art Collection by its curator.
2:30 p.m.
Complimentary tickets to the Alley Theatre’s 2:30
p.m. matinee of “The Trip to Bountiful” available. Please
contact
Discover Opera to reserve a ticket. private tour of the
Menil Art Collection by its curator at 11 a.m. Sat.
Other Suggested Activities:
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston (mfah.org)
Special Exhibits:
Paris in Age of Impressionism: Masterworks from the Musee
d’Orsay.
- Reflections of Victorian Artifice
Dreaming in Pictures: The Photos of Lewis Carroll
- Tickets are required and it is suggested to call 1-888-733-6324
for advance ticket purchases.
- Houston Museum of Natural Science (hmns.org)
Special Exhibits:
Saint Peter and the Vatican: The Legacy of the Popes.
- The Legacy of Galileo (in the Planetarium). Tickets are
required and it is suggested to call 1-713-639-4629 for
advance ticket purchases.
For other ideas, go to houston-guide.com and houstontheaterdistrict.org. Our hotel is located
in the theater district, which is a
short cab ride from the museum district. I have enclosed
a listing of theater and music performances in the theater
district on May 3 for your information.
May 4, 2003
Free Morning
12 Noon: Meet in hotel lobby for shared cab ride to Hobby
Airport. Cost of cab (approximately $22.00) to be shared
by cab occupants.
Southwest Airlines Flight 36
3:00 p.m. Depart Houston (Hobby)
3: 55 p.m. Arrive
Dallas (Love) change planes and
4: 30 p.m. Depart Dallas
(Love)
5:20 p.m. Arrive Albuquerque
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