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‘Handel in Malta’ festival, November 2025 © Sam Walker
Semperoper in Dresden, Saxony in Germany © Traveller Martin
Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg
Opera tours
See performances everyone is talking about, celebrated masterpieces and rarely performed operas, on our expert‑led music tours across Europe. Whether at famed festivals or on glorious opera-centred tours, our programmes combine new productions with enduring classics by composers ranging from Janáček, Verdi and Wagner to Strauss and Monteverdi.
Hear world‑renowned musicians in some of the greatest opera houses in the world – from the Opéra Bastille in Paris and the Nationaltheater in Munich to Hamburg’s remarkable Elbphilharmonie.
In the company of distinguished musicologists – among them John Allison, editor of Opera magazine, and Barry Millington, music critic and editor of The Wagner Journal, we arrange everything from high category seats to interval drinks, behind the scenes tours to encounters with directors.
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How to book an opera tour
Formal attire is not required, but many attendees opt for smart casual or semi-formal wear.
Most tours include between two and five operas, at prestigious venues. Each tour page lists full performance details.
Participants with all levels of opera appreciation are welcome on our opera tours. An expert speaker is present on every tour to provide context to performances.
Most venues provide surtitles (translations above the stage). Further insight from our expert speakers provides unparalleled insights.
All of our opera tours are led by expert musicologists, historians, critics and journalists who lead their field. Among those leading opera tours include John Allison, editor of Opera magazine to Wagner specialist Barry Millington.
Choose your preferred Opera tour on our website from our range of European destinations. Review the itinerary and performances included on the tour. We aim to allocate the most premium seats at world-class opera houses and these are included in the tour price.
Click “Book Now.” You can secure your place with a 15% deposit, and the balance is due within twelve weeks of departure.
Please get in touch to discuss any aspect of our opera tours, from seats to transportation.
In the traveller’s perfect world, everyone would be charged the same amount for their room, whether they were alone or sharing with a partner. In the hotelier’s perfect world, all rooms would cost the same, whether they had one, two, three or ten people sleeping there. The world we live in is closer to the hotelier’s vision, where rooms cost the same regardless of occupancy. Two people can split the cost of a £100 room, paying £50 each, or one person can pay the full £100. When expressed as a per person cost, this looks like a £50 supplement.
We negotiate hard with hotels, to keep single-occupancy prices as low as possible, but as long as hoteliers charge per room and not per person, this iniquitous situation will endure. The only obvious alternative – having couples subsidise solo travellers – strikes us as even more unfair.
A confirmation e-mail is sent as soon as possible (it will take longer if you book over the weekend and/or have selected to receive documentation by post).
Your final balance is due twelve weeks before the tour departs. A reminder is sent a few weeks in advance of this, along with an itinerary for the first day of the tour.
Final Documents are sent two to three weeks before the tour departs – the full itinerary, a participant list and any background notes. These will be posted to you (unless you have informed us otherwise); if you live outside the UK, they will be given to you on the first day of the tour.
Reviews
Uniformly excellent tours and adventures
Uniformly excellent tours and adventures










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Holidays - always with that special something










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Everything we expected and more










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Cotswold Choral Festival





Since the pandemic I have enjoyed ca. 20 tours with MRT
Since the pandemic I have enjoyed ca. 20 tours with MRT










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