Baltic cruise on Celebrity Eclipse 08/06/13 from £954

Southampton – Bruges – at sea – Berlin – at sea – Stockholm – Helsinki – St Petersburgh overnight – Tallinn – at sea – Copenhagen – at sea 2 days – Southampton

Cruise from Southampton on the 8th June to the beautiful cities of the Baltic, staying overnight in St Petersburgh, from only £954 per person for 14 nights.  Inlcudes all meals, entertainment and port taxes.  Call Cruise Ahead now to book on freephone 0800 9700 855

Celebrity Eclipse^® offers you an impressive level of sophisticated service and onboard highlights. Relax, revive your senses and dine in luxury as you sail to fascinating summer destinations direct from Southampton, UK.

31/07/13 Classical Music Baltic Cruise on Boudicca 14 nights from £1599

Drinks package £29 per person per night

Sailing on 31st July 2013 from Wed 31st Jul  Liverpool – Thu 01 Aug CRUISING – Fri 02 Aug CRUISING – Sat 03 Aug KRISTIANSAND,NORWAY- Sun 04 Aug CRUISING – Mon 05 Aug VISBY,SWEDEN – Tue 06 Aug TALLINN,ESTONIA
- Wed 07 Aug ST PETERSBURG,RUSSIA -  Thu 08 Aug ST PETERSBURG,RUSSIA -  Fri 09 Aug HELSINKI,FINLAND – Sat 10 Aug CRUISING-  Sun 11 Aug COPENHAGEN,DENMARK – Mon 12 Aug CRUISING – Tue 13 Aug CRUISING- Wed 14 Aug
LIVERPOOL

This cruise holiday is the ideal choice for those with a love of classical music. The OperaBabes will be joining this special cruise from Liverpool !

Price start from £1599pp

Theme -  OPERA BABES

Cruise Highlights: This Scandinavian and Russia cruise on board Boudicca can be tailored to suit your interests and tastes with a range of optional tours.
After leaving Liverpool, the first stop is Kristiansand, Norway. Its harbour, attractive old town and museums are well worth a look, plus there’s also an opportunity to explore the surrounding area.
Next is Visby, Sweden. This walled town (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) is criss-crossed by narrow cobbled streets lined with markets, cosy restaurants and pubs. It is also the perfect base from which to explore other areas of Gotland.
Moving on to Estonia, the next stop is Tallinn. A dizzying blend of medieval and modern, this enchanting city offers narrow streets, 14th century churches, restaurants, cafés, boutiques and bars. Then your cruise heads to Russia and the very western city of St. Petersburg.
An overnight stay here offers plenty of time to explore the city’s canals and baroque and neoclassical architecture. There are also optional tours to view the palaces and fountains of Peterhof, the Hermitage and Catherine Palace (to name but a few).
Soon it is time to move on to Finland and the city of Helsinki. Although not as ancient as some of the other ports, Helsinki is an exciting and dynamic city to explore. Its wonderful Art Nouveau buildings, museums and cafés are well worth exploring as well as the surrounding coastal area.
Finally, this cruise reaches Copenhagen. Danny Kaye called it ‘Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen’ and he wasn’t wrong. Its historic canals, famous mermaid, cobbled squares and copper spires are crying out to be explored. But of course, no visit would be complete without a visit to ‘probably the best’ brewery in the world.

Back in 2001, two opera singers were busking in London’s Covent Garden and almost overnight were thrust into the global media spotlight, releasing an album, achieving No.1 chart positions across the world and becoming an international success phenomenon.

It sounds like a marketing PR stunt, but this is a true story.
Rebecca Knight and Karen England were spotted by a talent executive whilst busking and were invited to perform on the pitch at The FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium Cardiff – the first time that it was held there, as Wembley was still under construction.

Almost overnight they were thrust into the public eye throughout the world as the 70,000 capacity football supporters looked on and the TV audience of 1 billion watched a true’ rags to riches’ story unfold before their eyes.

Legendary Sports TV Commentator Des Lynam announced to the world ‘and here they are, The Operababes…’ the name became set in stone and the media loved it.
The following week they flew to Milan and sang at The Champions League final in the San Sero Stadium, broadcast live to a global audience of 500 million.
The next day they were presented with 5 Major record contracts and the bidding war started, finally with SonyBMG winning the deal. They signed to Sony Music and their debut album Beyond Imagination went straight to the top of the Classical Charts and stayed there for an incredible 14 weeks and gained 2 Brit award nominations, as well as reaching No.4 in the USA Billboard Charts (with the title track One Fine Day becoming the World Cup Theme tune of that year) and has sold to date more than 1.7 million copies around the globe
The magnificent twosome subsequently went on to perform for her Majesty the Queen including the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall, the launch of the Commonwealth Games at Buckingham Palace and the Prom at the Palace for the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations.

OperaBabes have performed in concert with the world’s leading Orchestra’s including the Philharmonia, the Halle, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and many more.

They have performed regularly at all of Britain’s major venues, indoor and out, from the Royal Albert Hall to Leeds Castle, Symphony Hall Birmingham to the Royal Festival Hall London and their numerous television appearances range from Good Morning America in the US to GMTV and BBC Songs of Praise in the UK. They have been the subject of 3 documentaries, 2 in the UK for ITV and the 3rd in the USA for CBS.
Taking America by storm, they performed with Placido Domingo as his guests at Los Angeles Opera and made history by becoming the first classical act ever to perform in Las Vegas, headlining at the legendary Stardust Casino and also Atlantic City Casinos.
In 2006 they released their second album “Renaissance” to overwhelming critical acclaim – a mixture of classical repertoire fused with electronic French style techno and ambient soundscapes.

They toured the album back to back for 4 years in the UK and Europe, firstly with their Renaissance show (a Madonna meets Mozart extravaganza) and then with their own ensemble as a purely acoustic evening.

They have sung on the inaugural voyage of the Queen Mary II and the Queen Victoria cruise ships for Cunard and launched Holland Americas new liner The Eurodam in Rotterdam – helped Mercedes launch the brand new C-Class cars in Moscow, became ambassadors for SOS Children in Sri Lanka, performed for the Royal Family of the United Arab Emirates at the Royal Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi and launched the exclusive Quintessentially brand in New York.

They have also sung at private engagements for La Dolce Vita (London), Motorola (Sardinia), Royal Bank of Scotland (Edinburgh), Chelsea Football Club (London), Unicef (London), Sony (Lisbon) to name but a few.

In 2011 they won ‘Best Live Act’ at the International Cruise Awards held in London.
In 2009 Rebecca and Karen both became mums and started spending time with the new ‘operababies’ whilst making their 3rd album.

What happened next is almost a repeat of what happened over 10 years ago.
By chance, their PR agent had started doing some work for Warner Music Entertainment and played the album to the executives of the Major label. They immediately fell in love with it and signed Rebecca and Karen to Warner Classics.
Their 3rd album ‘Silent Noon’ is a collection of British songs accompanied simply by a piano featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Handel, Purcell, Quilter and many more has just been released.

Call Cruise Ahead now and speak to our Fred Olsen  Specialists  on free phone 0800 9700 855

Alternatively email us at enquiries@cruiseahead.co.uk and request a call back from our website www.cruiseahead.co.uk

All fares subject to availability and based on two adults sharing. Offers may be withdrawn at any time without prior notice.

Italy & Greek Isles Cruise on board Celebrity Equinox 10/06/13 10 nights

Celebrity Equinox 10th June 2013 10 nights fly/cruise only £1316 per person based on a BALCONY stateroom.

Departing from Barcelona, Spain; Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy; Naples, Italy; Santorini, Greece; Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey; Mykonos, Greece; Athens (Piraeus), Greece; Valletta, Malta; Barcelona, Spain

£1316 per person based on a balcony stateroom – return flights based from Manchester.

Life Onboard

Just imagine what it feels like to turn 360 degrees and see nothing but mesmerizing ocean and majestic scenery. Or to rise to the wonders of a new destination each morning as your every need is catered to. These are moments that can only be experienced on a cruise.

Luxury comes as standard on every Celebrity cruise. Guests have their own personal stateroom attendant to look after their needs 24 hours a day.
With one staff member for every two guests, we have one of the highest staff-to-guest ratios in the industry, Celebrity guests can truly unwind, knowing every need will be anticipated and tended to.

* Book by 28 February 2013 to take advantage of these fantastic offers.

Call Cruise Ahead now and speak to our Celebrity Cruises Specialists  on free phone 0800 9700 855

Alternatively email us at enquiries@cruiseahead.co.uk and request a call back from our website www.cruiseahead.co.uk

All fares subject to availability and based on two adults sharing. Offers may be withdrawn at any time without prior notice.