TRAVELFOR THE ARTS AUTUMN, WINTER & SPRING 2019/20 OPERA, BALLET CLASSICAL MUSIC HOLIDAYS NEW TOURS FOR 2019/20 PRE-CHRISTMAS OPERA AND BALLET IN VILNIUS SONG IN SEVILLE page 11 page 22 NEW PARIS CHERRY BLOSSOM RING CYCLE TIME IN JAPAN pages 20 – 21 pages 24 – 25 FIVE FESTIVE TOURS AT CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR pages 12 - 17 www.travelforthearts.com +44 20 8799 8350 [email protected] welcome welcome to the world of OPERA, BALLET & CLASSICAL MUSIC HOLIDAYS As ever, Travel for the Arts aims to offer the best of opera, ballet and classical music as part of a memorable holiday. Flights, world-class hotels, a wide range of sightseeing tours with knowledgeable guides and, of course, performances that include some of the world’s best classical artists - we take care of all the organisation so that you can relax and enjoy a wonderful few days in the company of others with similar cultural tastes. Holidays are particularly special during the festive period. We have therefore put together a choice of three varied Christmas tours allowing you to celebrate in style, and two exceptional tours that will make New Year 2020 one to remember! In addition, we are offering a programme of Easter music in Budapest and our annual visit to Daniel Barenboim’s internationally-acclaimed Festtage in Berlin. We know that our clients have come to expect the highest standard from Travel for the Arts and our small, professional and friendly team endeavour at all times to keep you more than satisfied. Tel: 020 8799 8350 | Email: [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com AUTUMN, WINTER & SPRING 2019/20 We are delighted to present our choice of opera, ballet and BOOKING DETAILS classical music taking place throughout the 2019/20 season, All tours mentioned in this brochure (as well as additional tours) with a focus on special festive programmes at Christmas, are available to view online at www.travelforthearts.com New Year and Easter. Many of our holidays are filled very quickly after the brochure launch. Sometimes they are fully booked after appearing on our CONTENTS Page website or as advance information in our Newsletter, so we would encourage you to book early if you are interested in one of our Tours with late availability 4 group tours. Tours 6 – 31 À la Carte information 32 – 33 MAKE AN ENQUIRY You can make an enquiry about one of our tours in three ways: CALENDAR OF TOURS • Call us on 020 8799 8350 Date Tour • Email [email protected] 24 – 27 Oct Music and More in Milan 6 • Visit our website www.travelforthearts.com and make an enquiry by going into the tour and completing the enquiry form. 28 Oct – 1 Nov A World Premiere at Wexford 7 If space is available on the tour of your choice you will be 28 Nov – 9 Dec Buenos Aires and Beyond 8 – 9 given a 7-day option. 2 – 7 Dec Sensational singers in Spain 10 19 – 23 Dec Pre-Christmas ballet in Vilnius 11 COMPLETE A BOOKING FORM 21 – 26 Dec Christmas in Ljubljana and Zagreb 13 Once you have your option, we require a completed 24 – 28 Dec A Viennese Christmas 14 booking form. This can be downloaded from our website http://www.travelforthearts.com/how-to-book/ 24 – 29 Dec Christmas in Berlin 15 When you return your booking form we require your 28 Dec – 2 Jan New Year with Mozart in Prague 16 deposit or full payment (see Late Bookings below). You 30 Dec – 3 Jan A Celebratory New Year in Parma 17 must read and agree to the Terms and Conditions. 14 – 20 Jan Return to The Ring in Leipzig 19 12 – 16 Feb Opera and Song in Seville 22 LATE BOOKINGS 13 – 16 Mar Renée Fleming in Baden-Baden 23 If you book within 8 weeks of departure, you will need to provide a credit/debit card number or send us a cheque for the full amount 22 – 30 Mar Cherry Blossom time in Japan 24 – 25 of the holiday. 25 – 30 Mar The Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg 26 9 – 13 Apr The 25th Berlin Festtage 27 BOOKING REFERENCE 9 – 14 Apr Easter celebrations in Budapest 28 When you make an enquiry you will be given a booking 27 May – 1 Jun Ballet trio in Munich 29 reference. Please quote your booking reference on all 27 May – 1 Jun Don Carlo in Dresden 30 – 31 subsequent correspondence. 29 Nov – 7 Dec New Paris Ring cycle 20 – 21 MOBILITY Please note that most tours involve walking tours of approximately 3 hours. If you have difficulty with mobility you may be asked to sit All information is available on our website www.travelforthearts.com. out some of the activities on the itinerary. All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays in this brochure are financially protected by the ATOL scheme under ATOL no.2178. When you pay for a flight PERFORMANCE TICKETS inclusive holiday you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for All performance tickets are subject to confirmation. This is due to it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other the differences in the way opera houses administer their ticket sales services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information and the limited availability of certain performances. We will inform or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate you at the point of booking when we expect to receive confirmation of the performance tickets; in most cases this will be 12 weeks prior to departure, although this can vary depending on the destination. SEATING ARRANGEMENTS For all included performances we obtain best available tickets (as specified by the venue). However many of the older theatres in Europe have non-staggered rows, little rake, cramped legroom and sometimes poor sightlines. Please be assured that we do our best to request the best available tickets for all performances but that, on Travel For The Arts occasion, allowances might need to be made for the age and layout 3rd Floor, Craven House of the venue. 40-44 Uxbridge Road, Ealing London W5 2BS OPENING HOURS Telephone: +44 20 8799 8350 Our office hours are Monday – Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm. E-mail: [email protected] We are closed on UK public holidays. There is an answerphone and www.travelforthearts.com we will return any out-of-hours telephone calls on the next working day if you leave your name and telephone number. LE CORSAIRE BY WIENER STAATSBALLETT © ASHLEY TAYLOR COVER IMAGE: LA CENERENTOLA BY SNG OPERA IN BALET LJUBLJANA © DARJA ŠTRAVS TISU 1 welcome EXPERTS IN CULTURAL TRAVEL All our tours are planned and led by experts in travel and performing arts. Many of our tour managers are also professional musicians and music specialists. Below is a selection of the many people who work with us to ensure that you have the best experience possible. Rita Grudzień is our Programme Researcher Stephen Carpenter has planned and led who takes exceptional care in programming several tours in association with us over the quality tours you see in our publications. the last three years and continues to offer For many years, she worked at the Royal tours to music festivals with his company, Opera House, Covent Garden. Carpenter Holidays. Carol Savage is a professional concert Patrick Mylon will be familiar to many and opera singer, with a degree in History of our guests, having tour managed for of Art from London University. over ten years. He is a true opera fan, particularly of Wagner, and has attended more than ten Ring Cycles. Zita Stockwell has been leading our Eva Gordon-Smith is a consultant, lecturer tours for over 25 years and is an expert and Blue Badge Guide. She has been on many destinations, particularly her managing concert tours in a number of native Budapest. She is a keen opera European countries for 25 years. and concert attendee. Helena Matheopoulos, Associate Amaryllis Logotheti was born in Greece Editor of Opera Now magazine and and lived in Cyprus, Turkey, France and author of eight books, is one of our Germany, and has been working as a tour knowledgeable speakers to give talks manager for over ten years. on a variety of operatic subjects. Averil Harrison-Thuemmel has managed tours while based in Vancouver, Beijing, New York, Mumbai and Berlin. She is an avid choral singer and former military musician. TRAVEL FOR THE ARTS TEAM Richard Savage Joel Rubenstein Pablo Basombrio Vanessa Kyriacou Mark Saunsbury Gisela Pereira C.E.O. Head of Tour Sales and Product Manager à la Carte Marketing Manager Operations Reservations Reservations Manager Manager NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT We are delighted to be able to offer our single travellers the opportunity to book some of our tours with No Single Supplement. Please look out for this feature in the introduction box of the relevant tour. 2 Tel: 020 8799 8350 | Email: [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com BROCHURE HIGHLIGHTS SENSATIONAL SINGERS IN SPAIN 2 – 7 December Tour code: SPA2 Price from £2095 pp This two-city tour to Spain boasts superb singers: tenor Javier Camarena and star soprano Sonya Yoncheva in Bellini’s seldom-staged opera Il Pirata in Madrid, plus Roberto Alagna and Aleksandra Kurzak in an award-winning production of Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci in Barcelona. page 10 RENÉE FLEMING IN BADEN-BADEN 13 – 16 March Tour code: BAD1 Price from £1820 pp World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming and the great Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin present a special recital as part of this spring visit to the beautiful spa town of Baden- Baden, with a talk entitled ‘The Art of Renée Fleming’ by author Helena Matheopoulos and a possible short Q&A with the distinguished singer herself.