Ultratravel's The Season: spring 2012 La Traviata on Sydney Harbour March 24-April 15 Sydney, Australia First performed in Venice in 1853 to an audience who jeered at the portly "fallen woman" of the title , Verdi's La Traviata is among today's most popular operas. Few stagings match Opera Australia's for setting: it floats beneath Sydney Harbour Bridge and the opera house (operaonsydneyharbour.com.au). Abercrombie & Kent (0845 485 1679, abercrombiekent.co.uk) is offering an eight-night stay in Sydney, with opera tickets, a wine-tasting in the Hunter Valley, accommodation at the Park Hyatt and return flights, from £2,595.