TRAVELFOR THE ARTS SPRING, SUMMER & AUTUMN FESTIVALS 2020 OPERA, BALLET CLASSICAL MUSIC HOLIDAYS NEW TOURS FOR 2020 WELCOME TO 100 YEARS OF HANDEL STUTTGART IN GÖTTINGEN page 8 page 10 FESTIVAL CASTELL AWARD-WINNING PERALADA FESTIVAL IN BRNO pages 20 – 21 page 28 www.travelforthearts.com +44 20 8799 8350 [email protected] welcome welcome to the world of OPERA, BALLET & CLASSICAL MUSIC HOLIDAYS Travel for the Arts is committed to creating quality tours that offer unique and unforgettable experiences for opera, ballet and classical music lovers. In this 2020 Spring, Summer and Autumn brochure we are delighted to introduce you to four new destinations: for ballet lovers, a stunning new production of Mayerling in Stuttgart and, for our opera friends, three fabulous festivals – one hundred years of Handel in Göttingen, sensational singers at the Festival Castell Peralada in Girona and the award-winning Janáček Festival in Brno. This is in addition to some of our popular destinations which include Parma, Pesaro, Salzburg and Verona, plus three tours within the UK for those who wish to make the most of Britain’s delightful summer opera season. Please don’t forget that if you would like to extend your chosen tour, we would be more than happy to help – our aim is to be as flexible as possible to ensure that you have the holiday that you truly want! Tel: 020 8799 8350 | Email: [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com SPRING, SUMMER BOOKING DETAILS & AUTUMN 2020 All tours mentioned in this brochure (as well as additional tours) are available to view online at www.travelforthearts.com We are proud to offer an array of opera, ballet and Many of our holidays are filled very quickly after the brochure launch. classical music holidays throughout Europe and the UK Sometimes they are fully booked after appearing on our website or as between Spring and Autumn 2020, with a wide range of advance information in our Newsletter, so we would encourage you to destinations, stars and celebrations to choose from. book early if you are interested in one of our group tours. MAKE AN ENQUIRY CONTENTS Page You can make an enquiry about one of our tours in three ways: Tours with late availability 4 • Call us on 020 8799 8350 Tours 6 – 31 • Email [email protected] À la Carte information 32 – 33 • Visit our website www.travelforthearts.com and make an enquiry by going into the tour and completing the enquiry form. CALENDAR OF TOURS If space is available on the tour of your choice you will be given a 7-day option. Date Tour 14 – 18 Apr Wonderful Wrocław 6 PRE/POST-TOUR EXTENSIONS 27 Apr – 1 May A Literary View of Venice 7 If you would like to extend your chosen tour either before or after the dates 14 – 17 May Welcome to Stuttgart 8 programmed in this brochure, Travel for the Arts would be more than happy to help. Please email your request to [email protected], or call us 18 – 21 May Opera and Art in Amsterdam 9 on 020 8799 8350 to discuss your wishes with a member of our team, 20 - 24 May 100 Years of Handel in Göttingen 10 and we will do our utmost to assist you as best we can. 29 May – 2 Jun Salzburg Pays Homage to Pauline Viardot 11 19 – 22 Jun Verdi in Vienna 12 COMPLETE A BOOKING FORM 25 – 28 Jun The Grange Festival 13 Once you have your option, we require a completed booking form. 27 Jun – 3 Jul Wagner in Sofia 14 This can be found at the back of this brochure or can be downloaded 29 Jun – 1 Jul Longborough’s Elixir of Love 15 from our website https://www.travelforthearts.com/how-to-book/ 7 – 10 Jul Beautiful Buxton 16 When you return your booking form we require your deposit or full payment 12 –16 Jul Jonas Kaufmann in Munich 17 (see Late Bookings below). You must read and agree to the Terms and Conditions. 23 – 27 Jul Cultural exploration in Naples 18 LATE BOOKINGS 23 – 27 Jul Savonlinna celebrates Karita Mattila 19 If you book within 8 weeks of departure, you will need to provide a credit/debit 4 – 8 Aug Festival Castell Peralada 20 – 21 card number or send us a cheque for the full amount of the holiday. 10 – 15 Aug Great Italian Opera in Verona 22 14 – 18 Aug Juan Diego Flórez returns to Pesaro 23 BOOKING REFERENCE 15 – 21 Aug The Salzburg Festival Centenary 24 – 25 When you make an enquiry you will be given a booking reference. 17 – 20 Aug Back to Baroque in Stockholm 26 Please quote your booking reference on all subsequent correspondence. 28 – 30 Sep Ballet stars in Milan 27 30 Sep – 4 Oct Award-winning Festival in Brno 28 FITNESS AND MOBILITY 7 – 11 Oct Celebrations in Parma 29 Should you suffer from any serious physical handicaps or experience difficulty in walking long distances and tire easily, please do bring this to our attention TOUR IN ASSOCIATION WITH CARPENTER HOLIDAYS at the time of booking in order that we can provide the necessary assistance 1 – 7 Sep Stresa Festival 30 – 31 at airports and hotels. Please note that some of the activities on our tours may not be suitable if you have any particular disability or reduced mobility. In the interests of safety and comfort for the whole group, you should be fit enough to participate or alternatively have an able bodied carer with you to assist. All information is available on our website www.travelforthearts.com. PERFORMANCE TICKETS All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays in this brochure are financially All performance tickets are subject to confirmation. This is due to the differences protected by the ATOL scheme under ATOL no.2178. When you pay for a flight inclusive holiday you will be supplied with an ATOL Certificate. Please ask for in the way opera houses administer their ticket sales and the limited availability of it and check to ensure that everything you booked (flights, hotels and other certain performances. We will inform you at the point of booking when we expect services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information to receive confirmation of the performance tickets; in most cases this will be 12 or for more information about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: weeks prior to departure, although this can vary depending on the destination. www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate 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 Travel For The Arts performances but that, on occasion, allowances might need to be made 3rd Floor, Craven House for the age and layout 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. TURANDOT © ENNEVI / COURTESY OF FONDAZIONE ARENA DI VERONA COVER IMAGE: DIE WALKÜRE BY SOFIA OPERA © VICTOR VICTOROV 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 five 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 Editor Amaryllis Logotheti was born in Greece of Opera Now magazine and author of and lived in Cyprus, Turkey, France and eight books, is one of our knowledgeable Germany, and has been working as a tour speakers to give talks on a variety of manager for over ten years. operatic subjects. Averil Harrison-Thuemmel has managed Fiona Rose has pursued a career in opera, tours while based in Vancouver, Beijing, after studying at the Royal College of New York, Mumbai and Berlin. She is an avid Music and the National Opera Studio. choral singer and former military musician. She is one of our tour managers. TRAVEL FOR THE ARTS TEAM Richard Savage Kristina Aljinovic Joel Rubenstein Vanessa Kyriacou Mark Saunsbury Gisela Pereira C.E.O.