TRAVELFOR THE ARTS SPRING, SUMMER & AUTUMN FESTIVALS 2020

OPERA, BALLET CLASSICAL MUSIC HOLIDAYS

NEW TOURS FOR 2020

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welcome to the world of , 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 , Pesaro, 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 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 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 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 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 16 When you return your booking form we require your deposit or full payment 12 –16 Jul Jonas Kaufmann in 17 (see Late Bookings below). You must read and agree to the Terms and Conditions. 23 – 27 Jul Cultural exploration in 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 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 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. Managing Head of Tour Product à la Carte Marketing Director Operations Manager 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.

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OPERA AND ART IN AMSTERDAM 18 - 21 May 2020 Tour code: AMS1 Price from £1890 pp This short break to Amsterdam offers two contrasting works at Dutch National Opera – Bizet’s fiery and passionate and a new production of Strauss’s romantic opera Die Frau ohne Schatten – plus the unique opportunity to witness conservators as they work on Rembrandt’s masterpiece ‘The Night Watch’ at the Rijksmuseum.

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THE GRANGE FESTIVAL 25 – 28 Jun 2020 Tour code: BAS1 Price from £1425 pp Now in its fourth season, The Grange Festival is dedicated to presenting eminent names, emerging singers and insightful productions to its audiences. New productions this year are Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Rossini’s La Cenerentola.

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FESTIVAL CASTELL PERALADA 4 – 8 Aug 2020 Tour code: GRO1 Price from £1865 pp Four outstanding singers – Sondra Radvanovsky, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała and Carlos Álvarez – come together for Verdi’s in the Castle of Peralada, whilst Brian Jagde delights with a solo recital in the Cloisters of the Carmen Church.

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BALLET STARS IN MILAN 28 – 30 Sep 2020 Tour code: MIL1 Price from £1595 pp Two of the ballet world’s greatest stars of the day – prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and principal dancer étoile Roberto Bolle - perform the lead roles in John Neumeier’s classical ballet La Dame aux Camélias, in what promises to be a spectacular evening at the prestigious Teatro alla Scala, Milan. page 27

CARMEN BY WROCŁAW OPERA HOUSE © MAREK GROTOWSKI Tel: 020 8799 8350 | Email: [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com 3 2020 WINTER, SPRING AND SUMMER TOURS WITH LATE AVAILABILITY Remember we can On this page we offer a reminder of current tours on sale which still have some availability. book from local Please see our website www.travelforthearts.com for more details, and telephone us on airports – please +44 20 8799 8350 or email [email protected] to reserve your place. contact us for a quote.

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RENÉE FLEMING THE 25th BERLIN EASTER CELEBRATIONS IN BADEN-BADEN FESTTAGE IN BUDAPEST 13 – 16 March 2020 Tour Code: BAD1 9 – 13 April 2020 Tour Code: BER2 9 – 14 April 2020 Tour Code: BUD20 Two special programmes have been selected for you In 2020 Daniel Barenboim’s internationally-acclaimed This tour to Hungary’s historic capital city, Budapest, at the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden: world-renowned Easter Festival celebrates 25 years with a programme focuses on musical works that are set at Easter, or have soprano Renée Fleming presents a recital, accompanied of Beethoven and Mozart. Sir Andràs Schiff performs been inspired by Biblical stories: the ‘Good Friday’ by the great Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin, whilst piano works by these two celebrated composers, whilst scene from Wagner’s final music drama, ; Bach’s conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker Barenboim conducts Beethoven’s Symphonies 2 and 9. oratorio, St Matthew Passion, considered by many as in Beethoven’s Third Symphony. In addition, author Further Mozart comes with a new production of Così fan the pinnacle of church music; and Mascagni’s Cavalleria Helena Matheopoulos will give a talk highlighting tutte starring two exceptional Italian singers – soprano rusticana which takes place on Easter Sunday. The some of Renée’s signature roles, plus a possible Q&A Barbara Frittoli and Ferruccio Furlanetto. sightseeing programme includes a journey to the Great with the distinguished singer herself. Plains of Hungary for some unique Easter entertainment.

FROM FROM FROM £2125 £2395 £1950 per person per person per person

BALLET TRIO & , 250th ANNIVERSARY IN MUNICH PUCCINI & VERDI AT VERSAILLES 27 May – 1 June 2020 Tour Code: MUC1 8 – 14 June 2020 Tour Code: GEN1 30 June – 4 July 2020 Tour Code: VER1 A tempting trio of ballets are on offer at Munich’s Two great composers and two proud cities vie for Set in the glorious surroundings of the Palace of Staatsoper in May. In Jewels, George Balanchine uses your attention on this tour to northern . Genoa Versailles, a highlight of L’Opéra Royal’s 250th three gem stones – emeralds, rubies and diamonds – as lays claims to having the largest seaport and historic anniversary season is a new production of Rameau’s the inspiration for this three-act ballet. Yuri Grigorovich’s centre in Italy, whilst Turin was the capital of Savoy and comedy Platée, a jewel of French baroque opera. powerful production of Spartacus tells the tale of the first capital of the newly-united Italy. Both cities Three sensational singers – Patricia Petibon, Philippe the slave uprising against the Romans, whilst John boast fabulous food – pesto in Genoa and the Slow Jaroussky and Valer Sabadus – present two fiery and Neumeier’s 1978 ballet The Lady of the Camellias is Food movement in Turin – and beautiful opera houses fascinating recital programmes. An excursion to based on Alexandre Dumas fils' famous 19th-century at which you can enjoy performances of Puccini’s Monet’s beloved garden in Giverny is a delightful novel. A “must-see” tour for any lover of ballet! Manon Lescaut and Verdi’s . addition to this sumptuous Gallic tour.

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Highlights of this 2020 Spring, Summer and Autumn brochure include the centenary celebrations at The Salzburg Festival and the return “home” of three stars of the opera world – Jonas Kaufmann to Munich, Karita Mattila to Savonlinna in Finland and Juan Diego Flórez to Pesaro, his artistic cradle. We are also delighted to introduce four new destinations: Stuttgart, Göttingen, Girona and Brno. Italy features strongly with tours to Milan, Naples, Parma, Pesaro, Venice and Verona, whilst this season’s UK summer festivals include Buxton, Longborough and The Grange Festival.

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WONDERFUL WROCŁAW

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14 – 18 April 2020 Tour code: WRO1 GALA PERFORMANCE | MEET THE ARTIST*

A warm welcome awaits you in Wrocław, one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Poland. Rich in history, Wrocław has a wonderful architectural heritage, symbolised by its reconstructed and magnificent market square. Wrocław is also a dynamic cultural centre and this pleasant spring tour combines a Gala performance (starring renowned Polish tenor Piotr Beczała) at the elegant, state-of-the-art National Opera Forum, with productions of Carmen and at the beautiful and more traditional Wrocław Opera House.

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TUE 14 APR Late afternoon arrival in Wrocław via in a local restaurant. The afternoon is free before the private organ recital. Return to Wrocław for some free Munich, and transfer to the 5-star Sofitel Old Town short walk to the National Forum of Music for that time before the opera performance that evening. Hotel. Located in the heart of the historic district, evening’s special Opera Gala. After the performance, FRI 17 APR This morning you will join your guide the hotel is close to many of the city’s main tourist there may be the possibility to meet the star of the for further cultural exploration of Wrocław. Visits attractions. There will be a little time to rest and show, the charming Polish tenor Piotr Beczała. include the University and the Aula Leopoldina relax before a welcome dinner that evening. THU 16 APR Today is an excursion to Lower Silesia, (an impressively ornate Baroque Hall), as well as WED 15 APR Join your guide this morning for a tour stopping first in Książ to visit the town’s vast Castle, the Centennial Hall, an outstanding example of of the Old Town. Highlights include the impressive strikingly perched on a rock face high above sea level. early Modernism and a UNESCO World Heritage Market Square, historic Solny Square, the picturesque After lunch in a local restaurant, you will continue to Site. Lunch and the afternoon are at leisure street of Stare Jatki and the City Museum, housed Świdnica and the 17th-century Church of Peace, a before the opera performance that evening. in a former Royal Palace. The tour then continues to UNESCO World Heritage site. Built from wood and hay SAT 18 APR Morning transfer to the airport for Cathedral Island and Sand Island, with their superb and adorned with folk-style paintings, it resembles a the homeward flight via Munich. Gothic and Baroque churches, and ends with lunch theatre, and there you will be treated to a 15-minute

PROGRAMME FLIGHTS

15 Apr 19.00 OPERA GALA WITH PIOTR BECZAŁA Inc Lufthansa C: Wojciech Rajski 14 Apr London Heathrow - Munich dep: 09.00 arr: 11.45 Tenor: Piotr Beczała Munich - Wrocław dep: 15.10 arr: 16.15 18 Apr Wrocław - Munich dep: 13.00 arr: 14.05 Programme: tbc Munich - London Heathrow dep: 16.05 arr: 17.05 Venue: National Forum of Music Flight schedules are subject to alteration. 16 Apr 19.00 CARMEN Bizet Inc Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. D: Maria Sartova C: tbc PRICE (PER PERSON) Cast: tbc Venue: Wrocław Opera House Tour price £1825 Single room supplement £180 17 Apr 19.00 NABUCCO Verdi Inc Business Class flight upgrade from £350 D: Cezary Iber Land-only tour price £1625 C: tbc Deposit required £350 Cast: tbc Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers Venue: Wrocław Opera House from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, one dinner, sightseeing *Please note that Travel for the Arts cannot confirm this tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category meeting with Piotr Beczała till closer to the performance date. ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after PIOTR BECZAŁA this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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A LITERARY VIEW OF VENICE

Price from £3095 pp

27 April – 1 May 2020 Tour code: VCE1 NEW PRODUCTION

Discover Venice through the eyes of great writers and poets, past and present, led by award-winning author and producer Adrian Mourby. This unique tour provides a literary insight into the city that has inspired so many. Adrian will lead you in the footsteps of Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Henry James and many others, regaling you with fascinating tales and anecdotes en route. Musical interludes include a new production of Vivaldi’s rarely-performed opera Farnace at the richly-decorated 17th-century Teatro Malibran and, at the legendary opera house, , Damiano Michieletto’s innovative and provocative production of Verdi’s , an opera based on Victor Hugo’s play ‘Le roi s’amuse’.

LIBRERIA ACQUA ALTA

MON 27 APR Afternoon arrival in Venice and transfer Stop at Venice’s “floating” Libreria Acqua Alta, THU 30 APR Your final full day in Venice starts by by water taxi to the luxurious 5-star Baglioni Hotel one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world, walking with Adrian in the footsteps of one of Donna Luna, one of the oldest hotels in Venice with many before lunch in a local restaurant. The afternoon is Leon’s many murder mystery stories, and ends with literary connections, and walking distance to Piazza at leisure with dinner provided prior to the late a trip to Isola San Michele where Ezra Pound and San Marco and the Gran Teatro La Fenice. Enjoy a evening concert at Chiesa San Vidal. Stravinsky are buried – as well as many of Inspector welcome drink and an introduction to literary Venice Brunetti’s “victims”. Lunch and the afternoon are free. WED 29 APR A second walking tour with Adrian by Adrian Mourby before dinner that evening in a The early evening performance at Teatro Malibran this morning will explore the Venice of Ernest local restaurant. will be followed by a farewell dinner. Hemingway, Henry James and Lord Byron, passing TUE 28 APR This morning join Adrian for a walking by the legendary Harry’s Bar, the Gritti Palace and the FRI 1 MAY Spend the morning soaking in the tour of the Castello area of Venice, focusing on home of Adriana Ivancich, Hemingway’s last love who atmosphere of this special city before transferring sights associated with writers across the ages – inspired his 1950 novel ‘Across the River and into the to the airport for the late afternoon flight home. from Petrarch, Lorenzo da Ponte, Charles Dickens, Trees’. The tour ends with lunch in a local restaurant. Henry James and Franz Kafka to Donna Leon and her Time to rest and relax before walking to La Fenice fictional Venetian hero, Inspector Brunetti. for the opera performance that evening.

PROGRAMME FLIGHTS

28 Apr 21.00 INTERPRETI VENEZIANI Concert Inc British Airways Violinists: Anania Maritan, 27 Apr London Gatwick - Venice dep: 11.50 arr: 15.00 Giacobbe Stevenato 1 May Venice - London Gatwick dep: 17.15 arr: 18.25 Programme: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Geminiani - Follia for strings and Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. harpsichord, Brescianello - Concerto for violin, strings and harpsichord PRICE (PER PERSON) Venue: Chiesa San Vidal Tour price £3095 GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE 29 Apr 19.00 RIGOLETTO Verdi Inc Single room supplement £880 D: Damiano Michieletto Club Europe flight upgrade from £300 C: Daniele Callegari Land-only tour price £2985 Cast includes: Luca Salsi, Ivan Ayon Rivas, Deposit required £400 Claudia Pavone, Gianfranco Montresor Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and Venue: Gran Teatro La Fenice to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, three dinners, welcome drinks, sightseeing 30 Apr 18.00 FARNACE Vivaldi Inc tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category D: Christophe Gayral ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide C: Diego Fasolis and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. Cast includes: Carlo Vistoli, Sonia Prina, Lucia Cirillo, Raffaele Pe, Rosa Bove, Valentino EXTENDED STAY Buzza, David Ferri Durà Venue: Teatro Malibran If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after VENICE GRAND CANAL this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. New production

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WELCOME TO STUTTGART

Price from £1795 pp

14 – 17 May 2020 Tour code: STR1 NEW DESTINATION | NEW PRODUCTION NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENT

Ballet in Stuttgart has a rich history whose origins go back to the 17th-century court of Württemberg. Stuttgart Ballet was founded by the dancer and choreographer John Cranko in 1961 and today the company is renowned for its exciting and visually arresting style. This exciting new tour offers a stunning new production of Mayerling, designed by Jürgen Rose choreographed by Sir Kenneth Macmillan, plus a collaboration between Stuttgart opera and ballet in ’s intense and atmospheric Death in Venice.

MAYERLING BY STUTTGARTER BALLET

THU 14 MAY Arrive late evening in Stuttgart and STAATSTHEATER STUTTGART PROGRAMME AT THE STAATSTHEATER STUTTGART transfer (approx. 30 minutes) to the 5-star Althoff 15 May DEATH IN VENICE Britten Inc Hotel am Schlossgarten. This luxurious hotel is time tbc Direction and Choreography: Demis Volpi located on the edge of the city’s Schlossgarten with Musical Direction: Bas Wiegers a magnificent view of the park and surrounding hills, Cast: Matthias Klink, Markus Eiche, Elliott Carlton Hines, Christopher Sokolowski, and is just a three-minute walk to the Staatstheater. Andrew Bogard, Claudia Muschio Check-in and enjoy a welcome dinner. Co-production of State Opera Stuttgart and Stuttgart Ballet FRI 15 MAY Join your guide this morning for a walking 16 May MAYERLING Inc tour of Stuttgart. The tour will delve into the history time tbc Choreography: Sir Kenneth MacMillan and culture of this Swabian metropolis, from Roman Music: Liszt monuments and medieval squares to baroque New production palaces, parks and the Königstrasse, Europe’s longest FLIGHTS pedestrianised shopping street. Lunch and the British Airways afternoon are at leisure before the short walk to the 14 May London Heathrow - Stuttgart dep: 15.25 arr: 18.15 opera house for that evening’s performance. 17 May Stuttgart - London Heathrow dep: 11.05 arr: 11.55 Flight schedules are subject to alteration. DEATH IN VENICE SAT 16 MAY Half-day excursion to Solitude Palace Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. ( Solitude), an impressive hunting lodge PRICE (PER PERSON) and summer residence built for Duke Carl Eugen in the 1760s. Designed in the late rococo and Tour price £1795 Club Europe flight upgrade from £400 early neoclassical styles, the interior of the palace Land-only tour price £1730 radiates splendour with its numerous decorative Deposit required £400 and intricate rooms, the highlight being the Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, magnificent White Hall, considered one of the most accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, one dinner, sightseeing beautiful in all of Württemberg. The tour ends with tours as described including guides and entrance fees, best available ticket for each included performance, opera synopsis, restaurant guide a farewell lunch in a local restaurant. Return to and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. Stuttgart with a little time to rest and relax before that evening’s ballet performance. EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after SUN 17 MAY Morning transfer to the airport for the this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. homeward flight.

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OPERA AND ART IN AMSTERDAM

Price from £1725 pp

18 – 21 May 2020 Tour code: AMS1 NEW PRODUCTION

This short break to Amsterdam offers two contrasting works at Dutch National Opera – ’s hugely popular interpretation of Bizet’s fiery and passionate Carmen with rising star J’Nai Bridges in the title role and Katie Mitchell’s new production of Strauss’s romantic opera Die Frau ohne Schatten under the baton of Marc Albrecht, the 2019 International Opera Awards’ Conductor of the Year. This tour also includes a visit to the Rijksmuseum with the unique opportunity to witness conservators in action as they work on Rembrandt's masterpiece ‘The Night Watch’, the largest research and restoration project of today.

CARMEN BY DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA © MONIKA RITTERSHAUS

MON 18 MAY Arrive early afternoon in Amsterdam and WED 20 MAY The morning is spent at the world- PROGRAMME AT DUTCH NATIONAL OPERA transfer to the downtown 4-star Radisson Blu Hotel (or renowned Rijksmuseum where you will be guided 19 May 19.00 CARMEN Bizet Inc similar). Located in the lively De Wallen area of the city, around galleries filled with Dutch and Flemish D: Robert Carsen this central hotel is a just a five-minute walk to the Dutch masterpieces with time to observe ‘Operation C: Andrés Orozco-Estrada National Opera. Enjoy some time to yourself before a Nachtwacht’, the elaborate and skilled restoration of Cast includes: J’Nai Bridges, Dmytro Popov, Alexander Vinogradov, Anett Fritsch welcome dinner that evening in a local restaurant. one of the most important works of art in the world today, Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’. After your visit, 20 May 19.00 DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTTEN Strauss Inc TUE 19 MAY Join your guide this morning for a D: Katie Mitchell a farewell lunch will be served in a local restaurant. walking tour of Amsterdam during which you will C: Marc Albrecht The rest of the afternoon is free, with a return to the Cast: Elza ven der Heever, A J Glueckert, discover the history, architecture and culture of the theatre in the evening for the second opera of this tour. Michaela Schuster, Eva Kroon, Josef Wagner, city via its many landmarks, such as Museum Square Irène Theorin and Anne Frank House. Lunch and the afternoon are THU 21 MAY Transfer to the airport for the afternoon New production at leisure before walking the short distance to the flight home. FLIGHTS theatre for that evening’s opera performance. British Airways 18 May London Heathrow - Amsterdam dep: 11.45 arr: 14.05 21 May Amsterdam - London Heathrow dep: 14.55 arr: 15.20 Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request.

PRICE (PER PERSON)

Tour price £1725 Single room supplement £345 Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 Land-only tour price £1505 Deposit required £400 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, top category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

REMBRANDT'S 'THE NIGHT WATCH' RIJKSMUSEUM

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100 YEARS OF HANDEL IN GÖTTINGEN

Price from £1765 pp

20 – 24 May 2020 Tour code: GOT1 NEW DESTINATION | NEW PRODUCTION

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the highly- esteemed Handel Festival in Göttingen and this tour is a true treat for lovers of this great baroque composer. The Festival offers the opportunity to hear some of Handel’s rarely-performed with today’s early music stars, notably countertenor Bejun Mehta, soprano Julia Lezhneva and contralto Sonia Prina, under the batons of early music specialists, including the Festival’s Artistic Director Laurence Cummings.

DEUTSCHES THEATER GÖTTINGEN

WED 20 MAY Late morning arrival in Hanover and transfer (2 hours 15 minutes) to the comfortable and stylish 4-star Hotel FREIgeist in Göttingen. The afternoon is free for you to rest or explore this famed University town. A welcome dinner that evening will be served in the hotel. THU 21 MAY Join your guide this morning for a walking tour of Göttingen. An important University town, alumni of its Georg-August University include more than 40 Nobel Prize winners. Stroll around the pleasant Barfüsserstrasse (Barefoot Street) to admire the half-timbered houses and see also the beautiful BEJUN MEHTA JULIA LEZHNEVA SONIA PRINA Old Town Hall and the Gänseliesel (little goose girl) statue, hailed locally as the most kissed woman PROGRAMME FLIGHTS in the world. The tour ends with lunch in a local 21 May 18.00 ALESSANDRO Handel Inc British Airways restaurant. The afternoon is at leisure before walking C: Diego Fasolis 1 Jan London Heathrow - Hanover dep: 7.55 arr: 10.25 the short distance (10 minutes) to the theatre for the Cast: Bejun Mehta, Julia Lezhneva, 1 Jan Hanover - London Heathrow dep: 11.20 arr: 12.00 early evening performance. Lucia Cirillo, Raffaele Pe, Sonia Prina, Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Carlo Allemano, José Coca Loza Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. FRI 22 MAY The day is free for you to spend as you Venue: Lokhalle Göttingen Concert performance PRICE (PER PERSON) wish. Late afternoon transfer (approx. 45 minutes) to Einbeck for the evening performance. 22 May 19.00 OTTONE Handel Inc Tour price £1765 D: Anna Magdalena Fitzi Single room supplement £260 SAT 23 MAY A half-day tour to Sangerhausen, home C: Fabrizio Ventura Club Europe flight upgrade from £400

to Europa Rosarium, a municipal garden with the Cast: Marie Seidler, Mariamielle Lamagat, Land-only tour price £1645 Valentina Stadler, Alberto Miguélez Rouco, Deposit required £400 largest rose collection in the world. The collection Angelica Monje Torrez, Yannick Debus Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers includes more than 8,000 cultivars, 500 species of Venue: PS Halle, Einbeck from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, one dinner, sightseeing wild rose, and about 850 climbing rose varieties 23 May 19.00 RODELINDA Handel Inc tours as described including guides and entrance fees, top category from different countries and different eras. Lunch is D: Dorian Dreher C: Laurence Cummings ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide Cast: Christina Gansch, Christopher Lowrey. and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. in a local restaurant before returning to Göttingen. Thomas Cooley, Franziska Gottwald, Time to relax before walking to the theatre that William Breger, Owen Willetts EXTENDED STAY evening for the final opera performance. Venue: Deutsches Theater Göttingen New production If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. SUN 24 MAY Transfer to the airport for the late Please note that all performances will be sung in Italian morning flight home. without surtitles in English.

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SALZBURG PAYS HOMAGE TO PAULINE VIARDOT

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29 May – 2 June 2020 Tour code: SZG1 NEW PRODUCTION

Continuing her focus on female figures, Cecilia Bartoli dedicates the 2020 Whitsun Festival to the remarkable 19th-century singer, pianist and composer Pauline Viardot. During the course of her life, Viardot (the younger sister of the legendary Maria Malibran) championed a multitude of musical styles by Meyerbeer, Brahms, Gounod, Saint- Saëns and Fauré. It is works by these composers that form the concert repertoire you will hear on this tour. Festival highlights include Bartoli’s role debut as Norina in a new production of Don Pasquale performed on period instruments, and a special Gala performance which pays homage to Viardot’s exceptionally-talented musical family.

STIFTUNG MOZARTEUM - GROSSER SAAL © CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER

FRI 29 MAY Arrive late morning and transfer the There will then be time for an independent lunch short distance to the opulent 5-star Hôtel Bristol, before a guided tour of the State Exhibition conveniently located in the centre of Salzburg celebrating the 100-year anniversary of the Salzburg and close to the Festival’s performance venues. Festival. Dinner and the evening are at leisure. A welcome lunch will be provided at the hotel with MON 1 JUN An excursion this morning to the ancient some time to rest before the opera that evening. town of Hallein and a visit to the Celtic Museum which SAT 30 MAY Join your guide this morning for a offers an insight into the history of the town and the VARDUHI ABRAHAMYAN VIVICA GENAUX walking tour of the city, focusing on some of importance of salt mining in the region. Return to Salzburg’s historic and cultural highlights, including Salzburg for lunch and the afternoon at leisure. There Mozart’s birthplace and the Cathedral where he was will be an early farewell dinner at a local restaurant baptised. Lunch is at leisure before the afternoon followed by the final Gala concert featuring Cecilia concert. The rest of the day is free for you to spend Bartoli and many of her musical friends. as you wish, with the option to attend the evening’s TUE 2 JUN Spend the day sightseeing or shopping concert performance. CECILIA BARTOLI PAULINE VIARDOT before transferring to the airport for the early SUN 31 MAY The day starts with a delightful matinee evening flight home. recital encapturing the spirit of this year’s Festival. FLIGHTS

British Airways 29 May London Gatwick - Salzburg dep: 07.45 arr: 10.45 PROGRAMME 2 Jun Salzburg - London Gatwick dep: 18.45 arr: 19.45 29 May 19.00 DON PASQUALE Donizetti Inc 31 May 11.00 JEUX D’ESPRIT – Inc Flight schedules are subject to alteration. D: Moshe Leiser / Patrice Caurier ‘VIVICA & VIARDOT’ Recital Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. C: Gianluca Capuano Mezzo-soprano: Vivica Genaux Cast: Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Kálmán, Pianist: Carlos Aragón PRICE (PER PERSON) Javier Camarena, Nicola Alaimo Programme: Includes works by Tour price £2550 Venue: Haus für Mozart Viardot, Rossini, Gluck, Single room supplement £480 New production R. Schumann, Saint-Saëns Club Europe flight upgrade from £240 Venue: Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal 30 May 15.00 ÉCOLE CLASSIQUE Concert Inc Land-only tour price £2430 C: Gianluca Capuano 1 June 20.00 UNE AFFAIRE DE FAMILLE Inc Deposit required £400 Mezzo-sopranos: Varduhi Abrahamyan, Gala Concert Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and Cecilia Bartoli Artists: Maxim Vengerov, Cecilia Bartoli, to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, Programme: Includes works by Rossini, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Javier Camarena, breakfast daily, one lunch, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described Meyerbeer, Gounod, Handel Julia Hagen, Khatia Buniatishvili, including guides and entrance fees, first or second category ticket for each included performance, opera synopsis, restaurant guide and city Venue: Stiftung Mozarteum – Großer Saal Anna Laudere notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. Programme: Includes works by 30 May 19.30  Fauré Concert £225 Rossini, F. Mendelssohn, Glinka, C: John Eliot Gardiner Liszt, Saint-Saëns EXTENDED STAY Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Venue: Großes Festspielhaus If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after Monteverdi Choir & Soloists this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. Venue: Felsenreitschule

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VERDI IN VIENNA

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19 – 22 June 2020 Tour code: VIE1 NEW PRODUCTION

Some of the greatest names in opera gather in Vienna for a trio of Verdi operas. Plácido Domingo conducts Russian soprano Aida Garifullina, French tenor Benjamin Bernheim and British Simon Keenlyside in , whilst an equally strong international cast in Verdi’s includes Francesco Meli, Ludovic Tézier and Krassimira Stoyanova. For those wishing to extend their stay in this cultural capital, there is a chance to see , the opera that Caruso claimed required the four greatest singers in the world. The Staatsoper does not disappoint with Gregory Kunde, Marina Rebeka, George Petean and Anita Rachvelishvili.

LA TRAVIATA BY WIENER STAATSOPER

FRI 19 JUN Afternoon arrival in Vienna and transfer and historic monuments in , its history and PROGRAMME AT THE WIENER STAATSOPER to the elegant 5-star Hotel Bristol, one of the leading rich decor reflect the changing tastes, interests and 20 Jun time tbc LA TRAVIATA Verdi Inc hotels in Vienna and just a few steps away from aspirations of successive Habsburg monarchs. Lunch D: Jean-François Sivadier the Staatsoper. Welcome dinner that evening in and the afternoon are at leisure before returning to C: Plácido Domingo the hotel restaurant. the Staatsoper for the second Verdi opera of this tour. Cast includes: Aida Garifullina, Benjamin Bernheim, Simon Keenlyside SAT 20 JUN Join your guide this morning for a walking MON 22 JUN Spend the morning as you wish before 21 Jun time tbc UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Verdi Inc tour of the city “in the footsteps of Vienna’s famous transferring to the airport for the afternoon flight home. D: Josef Ernst Köpplinger musicians”. Visits include the magnificent St Stephen’s C: Cast includes: Francesco Meli, Cathedral in which Haydn sang as a choirboy, Ludovic Tézier, Krassimira Stoyanova, Mozarthaus (the composer's only surviving home in POST-TOUR EXTENSION Monika Bohinec, Maria Nazarova New production Vienna) and the Wiener Staatsoper where countless MON 22 JUN Those who wish to extend their composers, conductors and singers have left their mark. stay will have the opportunity to spend the 22 Jun time tbc IL TROVATORE Verdi RQ The tour ends with lunch in a local restaurant. The D: Daniele Abbado C: Marco Armiliato day further exploring this cultural capital, Cast includes: George Petean, Marina afternoon is at leisure before walking the short distance with a third Verdi opera on offer that evening. Rebeka, Anita Rachvelishvili, Gregory Kunde, to the theatre for that evening’s opera performance. Ryan Speedo Green TUE 23 JUN The morning is at leisure, with SUN 21 JUN Half-day excursion to Schönbrunn Palace independent transfer to the airport for your FLIGHTS

and a guided tour of this beautiful imperial residence. homeward flight. Please ask for a quote. British Airways One of the most important architectural, cultural 19 Jun London Heathrow - Munich dep: 11.35 arr: 15.00 22 Jun Munich - London Heathrow dep: 14.50 arr: 16.20 Flight schedules are subject to alteration. SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE WIENER STAATSOPER Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request.

PRICE (PER PERSON)

Tour price £2375 Single room supplement £450 Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 Land-only tour price £2255 Deposit required £400 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

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THE GRANGE FESTIVAL

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25 – 28 June 2020 Tour code: BAS1 NEW PRODUCTIONS | MEET THE ARTISTS INDEPENDENT TRAVEL

Now in its fourth season, The Grange Festival has already established itself as a deserved highlight of the British summer opera season. Under the artistic direction of Michael Chance OBE, the Festival is dedicated to presenting eminent names, emerging singers and insightful productions to its audiences. Treat yourself to a drink on the portico above the lake before enjoying new productions of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and Rossini’s La Cenerentola. There is also an option to see the Festival's delightful version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with Jonathan Lemalu returning as Bottom.

THE GRANGE FESTIVAL

walk away is the house where Jane Austen spent the PROGRAMME PRE-TOUR EXTENSION last years of her life and there will be time to discover 24 Jun 17.30 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Britten RQ WED 24 JUN For those also wishing to attend the this small independent museum before returning D: Paul Curran C: Anthony Kraus revival of the Festival’s acclaimed production to the hotel. Lunch is at leisure before transferring Cast: Patrick Terry, Rhian Lois, of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with a to The Grange for the early evening performance. Chris Darmanin, Roberto Lorenzi, Angharad Lyddon, Peter Kirk, starry cast which includes Jonathan Lemalu During the long interval, dinner will be served in the Dominic Sedgwick, Angela Simkin, as Bottom, Travel for the Arts can offer an faded grandeur of the historic mansion. After the Eleanor Dennis, Jonathan Lemalu, extension. Please ask for a quote. performance there will be a drinks reception with Graeme Danby, Ben Johnson, Sion Goronwy, Adrian Thompson, Michael Chance and members of the cast. Johnny Herford THU 25 JUN Independent arrival at the 4-star deluxe SAT 27 JUN Transfer this morning to Mottisfont Abbey, 26 Jun 17.30 MANON LESCAUT Puccini Inc Audleys Wood Hotel, a handsome and comfortable a romantic house set in beautiful riverside gardens. D: Stephen Lawless C: Francesco Cilluffo Cast: Elin Pritchard, Nicholas Lester, Samuel country house hotel situated just outside Basingstoke. Its spacious art gallery features regularly changing Sakker, Stephen Richardson, Kamil Bien, Welcome dinner that evening in the hotel. art exhibitions, whilst the grounds are home to a Angharad Lyddon spectacular rose garden and a collection of ancestral New production FRI 26 JUN A morning visit to nearby Chawton House. species with 19th-century rose cultivars. Return to the 27 Jun 17.30 LA CENERENTOLA Rossini Inc This 16th-century house is strongly associated with D: Stephen Barlow C: David Parry hotel for an independent lunch with a late afternoon the author Jane Austen as it was owned by her Cast: Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Nico Darmanin, transfer to The Grange for the final opera of the tour. Christian Senn, Luciano di Pasquale, Roberto brother Edward, and Jane was a frequent visitor. The This evening you will dine al fresco in the beautiful Lorenzi, Carolina Lippo, Maria Ostroukhova house features many portraits of women writers, New production grounds of this heavenly Hampshire house. many of them famous in their day, as well as a ARRIVAL INFORMATION changing display of works from the library’s unique SUN 28 JUN Independent departure. collection of books by female authors. A few minutes’ Direct train services from London Waterloo to Basingstoke station are available (approx. 45 minutes), then a 10-minute taxi transfer.

PRICE (PER PERSON)

Tour price £1425 Single room supplement £150 Deposit required £450 Tour price includes: Group transfers from included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two dinners, one picnic supper, sightseeing tours as described including entrance fee, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide, the services of our local representative or tour manager.

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WAGNER IN SOFIA

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27 June – 3 July 2020 Tour code: SOF1 MEET THE ARTISTS

Immerse yourself in the history and culture of Bulgaria with visits to its capital city Sofia and surrounding regions, including the ancient city of Plovdiv and medieval town of Kazaniak. During your stay, you will discover churches, monasteries, rose brandy and award-winning Bulgarian wine. This tour also offers a treat for Wagner aficionados with a production of Parsifal and the second instalment of his epic Ring cycle, Die Walküre, at the national opera house in Sofia.

PARSIFAL BY SOFIA OPERA

SAT 27 JUN Early afternoon arrival at Sofia airport and and your first stop will be at a distillery with the WED 1 JUL Meet your guide this morning for an transfer (approx. 1 hour 45 minutes) to the 4-star Grand chance to taste some rose brandy. Kazaniak is home excursion to Rila monastery, the largest Eastern Hotel in the heart of the ancient city of Plovdiv, where to the country’s largest and best-preserved Thracian Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. Founded in the you will be based for the next three nights. A welcome tombs, and a visit to the archaeological museum 10th century by St. Ivan of Rila whose humble dinner will be served that evening in a local restaurant. will reveal many treasures, including a 23-carat gold dwelling and tomb became a holy site which later mask of an early Thracian ruler. The tour ends with developed into a monastic complex known today SUN 28 JUN The day starts with a walking tour of lunch in a local restaurant, after which there will be for its frescoes, museum and exquisite architecture. Plovdiv. Join your guide to explore this city which, some time for you to explore independently before Lunch is in a local restaurant after which you will like , straddles seven hills. Founded by Philip of returning to Plovdiv and the evening at leisure. return to Sofia for the rest of the day at leisure. Macedon, it is Europe’s oldest continuously inhabited city and more ancient than Bulgaria itself. Little is left TUE 30 JUN Depart this morning for Sofia via the THU 2 JUL This morning join your guide for a city tour today of the early city, but much of the Roman one magnificent medieval monastery at Bachkovo. of Sofia. Visits include the 6th-century basilica St. Sofia, survives, including the forum, stadium, fortress and Its centerpiece is the early 17th-century Church of the National Theatre and delightful fountains and amphitheatre. You will also visit the romantic Old Town Sveta Bogoroditsa which contains colourful frescoes garden, the imposing St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, with its colourful 19th-century mansions. Lunch and the and houses a much-cherished icon of the Virgin Mary. with its glittering golden domes, and the archaeological afternoon are at leisure before departing to the award- Lunch will be served in a local restaurant before museum. Enjoy a farewell lunch in a local restaurant winning Villa Yustina Winery, situated on the edge of the continuing to Sofia where you will check in at the with a little time to relax before walking to the theatre Rhodopi Mountains, for dinner and wine-tasting. 5-star Arena di Serdica Hotel. It is a short walk to the for the early evening opera performance. opera house for the early evening performance of MON 29 JUN A full-day excursion to Kazaniak. The FRI 3 JUL Transfer to the airport for the early afternoon Parsifal. After the opera, there will be an opportunity town is the centre of rose oil extraction in Bulgaria flight home. to meet the artists.

PROGRAMME AT SOFIA OPERA PRICE (PER PERSON)

30 Jun 18.00 PARSIFAL Wagner Inc Tour price £1675 D: Plamen Kartaloff Single room supplement £225 C: Ira Levin Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 Cast: tbc Land-only tour price £1525 Deposit required £350 2 Jul 18.00 DIE WALKÜRE Wagner Inc D: Plamen Kartaloff Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and C: tbc to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, Cast includes: Catherine Foster breakfast daily, four lunches, two dinners, wine-tasting, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide FLIGHTS and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

British Airways 27 Jun London Heathrow - Sofia dep: 07.45 arr: 12.55 EXTENDED STAY 3 Jul Sofia - London Heathrow dep: 14.15 arr: 15.45 If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after ANTIQUE FORUM IN PLOVDIV Flight schedules are subject to alteration. this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request.

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LONGBOROUGH’S ELIXIR OF LOVE

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29 June – 1 July 2020 Tour code: LNG1 NEW PRODUCTION | PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK INDEPENDENT TRAVEL

Set amidst the glorious rolling hills of the Cotswolds, Longborough Festival Opera is an intimate theatre with a big reputation. Delight in a new production of Donizetti’s comedy The Elixir of Love directed by Cal McCrystal (renowned for his award-winning West End hit One Man, Two Guvnors), with a pre-performance talk by opera expert Warwick Thompson, and a splendid three-course interval dinner. Staying at The Lygon Arms in the beautiful village of Broadway, this tour also includes a visit to Hidcote Manor Garden, one of the best-known Arts and Crafts gardens in Britain.

LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA © MATTHEW WILLIAMS-ELLIS

MON 29 JUN Independent arrival at The Lygon Arms in Broadway, a charming and historic 4-star hotel in the heart of the golden-stoned Cotswolds. Enjoy time strolling around what is considered to be one of the loveliest villages in the country before a welcome dinner that night in the hotel’s Great Hall restaurant. TUE 30 JUN Travel by coach to Hidcote Manor Garden, created by the American horticulturist

Lawrence Johnston in 1907. After a brief introductory WARWICK THOMPSON ALICE FARNHAM talk, you will independently explore this beautiful Arts and Crafts garden which is divided by tall hedges and walls to create a series of outdoor rooms, each with its own special and unique character. Return to the hotel for lunch at leisure and a little time to rest. You will then meet Warwick Thompson, a writer, lecturer and critic who is passionate about communicating the pleasures of opera. Warwick will talk you through the background to Donizetti’s much- loved comedy The Elixir of Love, before departing to Longborough for what promises to be an exciting HIDCOTE MANOR GARDEN LONGBOROUGH FESTIVAL OPERA new production. During the interval, enjoy dinner in the Valley Marquee area with further time to discuss PROGRAMME PRICE (PER PERSON) the opera with Warwick. Return by coach to the hotel. 30 Jun 17.00 THE ELIXIR OF LOVE Donizetti Inc Tour price £895 WED 1 JULY Independent departure. D: Cal McCrystal Single room supplement £140 C: Alice Farnham Deposit required £300 Cast: Jung Soo Yun, Robyn Allegra Parton, Tour price includes: Group transfers from included activities where Emyr Wyn Jones, Marcus Farnsworth, applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two dinners, sightseeing Lizzie Holmes tour as described including entrance fee, introductory talks, first New production (sung in English) category ticket for the performance, opera synopsis, restaurant guide, the service of our local representative or tour manager. ARRIVAL INFORMATION

If travelling by car, use the postcode WR12 7DU to navigate to EXTENDED STAY The Lygon Arms on High Street, or alternatively look for the A44 If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after and follow the signs to Broadway. Valet Parking is available for all this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. patrons of The Lygon Arms Hotel along with a private car park to the rear of the property. The closest and most convenient train THE LYGON ARMS stations are Evesham, Honeybourne and Moreton-in-Marsh. They are all within a short taxi ride to Broadway.

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BEAUTIFUL BUXTON

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7 – 10 July 2020 Tour code: BUX1 NEW PRODUCTIONS | MEET THE ARTISTS INDEPENDENT TRAVEL

Nestled in the heart of the beautiful Peak District, Buxton International Festival brings to life rarely- performed operas alongside more established repertoire. This year is no exception with three new productions: Handel’s Acis and Galatea with an impressive cast of young singers, Rossini’s La Donna del Lago, conducted by the new Artistic Director Adrian Kelly, and Ciboulette by Reynaldo Hahn, considered one of the last masterpieces of French operetta. There will also be the opportunity to meet some of the artists over post-performance drinks.

BUXTON OPERA HOUSE

TUE 7 JUL Independent arrival in Buxton and check to sample hand-made chocolates from Charlotte’s early English life, and is the setting for numerous in at the centrally-located 4-star deluxe Buxton Chocolatier and visit the Jantar Pottery shop to see films and TV series. Return to the hotel for lunch, Crescent Hotel and Thermal Spa, just a three-minute some exquisitely crafted pieces of Blue John and learn with the rest of the afternoon at leisure before the walk from the Opera House. The Crescent was at about this precious stone’s unique history. final opera of this tour. the heart of the 5th Duke of Devonshire’s plans to You will then head to the Devonshire Dome (the largest FRI 10 JULY Independent departure. establish a fashionable Georgian spa town in Buxton unsupported dome in Europe) for a glass of wine and in the 18th century, and this new hotel will occupy a taste of the award-winning cheese from nearby the majority of this grade 1 listed building, as well Hartington. Lunch and the afternoon are at leisure as the magnificent Assembly Rooms. Welcome before that evening’s performance. drinks and canapés will be served in the hotel before THU 9 JUL A morning excursion through the stunning walking the short distance to the Opera House for Peak District takes you to . With over that evening’s performance. After the opera, there 900 years of history, its Long Gallery (reputed to be will be a drinks reception with members of the cast. one of the most beautiful rooms in ), rare WED 8 JUL The day starts with a walking tour of Buxton. 15th-century frescoes and terraced Elizabethan HADDON HALL Your first stop is at the beautiful Cavendish Arcade walled gardens, Haddon provides a unique view of

PROGRAMME AT ARRIVAL INFORMATION

7 Jul 19.15 ACIS AND GALATEA Handel Inc Direct train services from London Euston to Macclesfield or D: Martin Constantine Stockport station are available (approx. 2 hours) then either a connection to Buxton station (approx. 1 hour 10 minutes from C: Christian Curnyn Macclesfield or 50 minutes from Stockport) or a taxi transfer of Cast: Nick Pritchard, Mary Bevan, approx. 30 minutes. Jorge Navarro Colorado, Lukas Jakobski, David de Winter PRICE (PER PERSON) New production (Co-production with Early Opera Company) Tour price £1025 HOTEL Single room supplement £270 8 Jul 19.15 LA DONNA DEL LAGO Rossini Inc Deposit required £250 D: Jacopo Spirei C: Adrian Kelly Tour price includes: Group transfers from included activities where Cast includes: Nico Darmanin, applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, welcome drinks and canapés, drinks with the cast, sightseeing tour as described John Irvin, Catherine Carby including entrance fee, introductory talks, best available ticket for each New production included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide, the service of our local representative or tour manager. 9 Jul 19.15 CIBOULETTE Hahn Inc D: Jeff Clarke Please note: Haddon Hall has some uneven floors and steps within C: Wyn Davies the house and gardens, so may not be suitable for anyone unsteady on their feet. Cast includes: Soraya Mafi New production EXTENDED STAY PEAK DISTRICT If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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JONAS KAUFMANN IN MUNICH

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12 – 16 July 2020 Tour code: MUC2 NEW PRODUCTIONS

As part of the 2020 Munich Opera Festival, the highly- acclaimed German tenor Jonas Kaufmann returns to his home city to perform a song recital with his frequent accompanist, Helmut Deutsch. Other great names appearing in the Festival include Roberto Alagna, Anja Harteros, Wolfgang Koch and Aleksandra Kurzak who all perform principal roles in two new Verdi productions, and the composer’s final opera .

JONAS KAUFMANN © GREGOR HOHENBERG / SONY CLASSICAL

SUN 12 JUL Afternoon arrival in Munich and transfer TUE 14 JUL Today is an excursion to the charming and kings from 1508 to 1918, and is today one of the to the 4-star family-owned Hotel Torbräu, close to the market town of Murnau am Staffelsee on the edge of most important palace museums in Europe. Continue colourful Marienplatz and only a five-minute walk to the Bavarian Alps. The spectacular landscape of the to the Treasury to view an impressive display of the Bayerischer Staatsoper. Time to rest and relax region attracted many painters, including Gabriele jewels, goldsmiths' work, enamels, crystal objects before a welcome dinner in the hotel that evening. Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, and Murnau became and ivories, the result of centuries of avid collecting home to the early 20th-century art movement by the rulers of Bavaria, as well as an independent MON 13 JUL Meet your guide this morning for a walking ‘The Blue Rider’, a precursor to expressionism. You visit to the Cuvilliés Theatre, the former court theatre. tour of the Old Town. Stroll around Marienplatz where will have time for individual sightseeing and an The tour ends with a farewell lunch in a local the town hall’s impressive Carillon clock delights with independent lunch before a short cruise on the clear restaurant. The rest of the day is free for you to enjoy a display of life-sized figures that reenact events from waters of the Staffelsee. Return to Munich with some as you wish before the performance that evening. Bavarian history. Visits include the Frauenkirche with free time before that evening’s opera performance. its landmark twin towers and the upstairs floor of the THU 16 JUL Transfer to the airport for the early city’s famous Hofbrau House. Lunch and the afternoon WED 15 JUL The day starts with a guided tour of the afternoon flight home. are at leisure before the short walk to the theatre for sumptuous Residenz Munich which served as the the song recital that evening. seat of government of the Bavarian dukes, electors

PROGRAMME AT THE BAYERISCHER STAATSOPER FLIGHTS

13 Jul 20.00 JONAS KAUFMANN Recital Inc British Airways Piano: Helmut Deutsch 12 Jul London Heathrow - Munich dep: 12.40 arr: 15.35 Programme: tbc 16 Jul Munich - London Heathrow dep: 12.45 arr: 13.50 Flight schedules are subject to alteration. 14 Jul 19.00 FALSTAFF Verdi Inc Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. D: Mateja Koležnik C: Kirill Petrenko PRICE (PER PERSON) Cast includes: Wolfgang Koch, Boris Pinkhasovich, Bogdan Volkov, Kevin Conners, Tour price £2525 Galeano Salas, Callum Thorpe, Aleksandra Double for single use rooms £470 Kurzak, Elsa Benoit, Okka von der Damerau, Single for single use rooms £190 Dorottya Láng Club Europe flight upgrade from £400 New production Land-only tour price £2340 Deposit required £800 15 Jul 19.00 OTELLO Verdi Inc * High deposit due to great demand for tickets. D: Mateja Koležnik D: Amélie Niermeyer Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers C: Adam Fischer from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, one dinner, sightseeing Cast includes: Roberto Alagna, Anja Harteros, tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category Claudio Sgura, Galeano Salas, Dean Power, ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide Bálint Szabó, Milan Siljanov, Markus and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER Suihkonen, Katarina Bradić New production EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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CULTURAL EXPLORATION IN NAPLES

Price from £1875 pp

23 – 27 July 2020 Tour code: NAP1 NEW PRODUCTION

The wealth of cultural assets in Naples is exceptional – churches and museums abound, adorned with frescoes, sculptures and great works of art – whilst the is one of the most beautiful and important opera houses in Italy. By the sea and blessed with rich volcanic soil and a long culinary tradition, Naples boasts exquisite seafood and, of course, the best pizza in the world! Outside of the city lies Caserta and the UNESCO World Heritage listed royal palace, with breathtaking furnishings and decoration, plus magnificent gardens that stretch over three kilometres with a baroque spectacle of fountains.

TEATRO SAN CARLO

THU 23 JUL Arrive early evening in Naples and transfer SAT 25 JUL Transfer this morning outside of the city PROGRAMME AT TEATRO SAN CARLO (approx. 45 minutes) to the 4-star Grand Hotel Santa to the Royal Palace of Caserta, constructed for the Lucia. Perfectly located on a pedestrianised area along Bourbon kings of Naples in the 18th century. In terms 24 Jul 20.00 LA RONDINE Puccini Inc D: Lorenzo Mariani the seafront, this elegant hotel is away from the main of volume, the palace is the largest royal residence C: Juraj Valčuha hustle and bustle of the city. After checking-in, there in the world and is the crowning achievement of the Cast includes: Dinara Alieva, Ruth Iniesta, Marco Ciaponi, Celso Albelo, Giovanni Meoni will be a welcome dinner in the hotel’s restaurant architect Luigi Vanvitelli. Lunch will be served at the which offers splendid views across the harbour. restaurant Antica Osteria Massa in the nearby town 26 Jul 17.00 CARMEN Bizet Inc D: Michele Sorrentino Mangini of Caserta. Return to Naples where dinner and the FRI 24 JUL Start the day with a walking tour of Naples, C: Emmanuel Villaume evening are at leisure. Cast includes: Clémentine Margaine / visiting some of the city’s numerous treasures, Carmen Topciu, Saimir Pirgu / Luciano Ganci, including the San Severo Chapel with its famous SUN 26 JUL Both the morning and lunch are free Samuel Youn / Alessandro Luongo, statue of the Veiled Christ and the beautiful cloisters for you to spend as you wish before transferring Roberto Accurso, Costantino Finucci, Karen Gardeazabal of Santa Chiara, coated with majolica ceramic floral to Teatro di San Carlo for a tour of this beautiful New production decorations. Stop for coffee and cake at the charming and historic theatre. This will be followed by the FLIGHTS literary Caffè Intra Moenia, which also serves as a late afternoon performance of a new production publishing house. Both lunch and the afternoon are of Carmen. After the performance, enjoy a farewell British Airways at leisure before transferring to the theatre for that dinner in a local restaurant by the waterfront. 23 Jul London Gatwick - Naples dep: 15.25 arr: 19.00 27 Jul Naples - London Gatwick dep: 11.00 arr: 12.55 evening’s opera performance. MON 27 JUL Transfer to the airport for the late Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. morning flight home. PRICE (PER PERSON)

Tour price £1875 Single room supplement £300 Club Europe flight upgrade from £400 Land-only tour price £1605 Deposit required £400 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, two dinners, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

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ROYAL PALACE OF CASERTA NAPLES

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SAVONLINNA CELEBRATES KARITA MATTILA

Price from £2555 pp

23 – 27 July 2020 Tour code: SAV1 GALA PERFORMANCE | NEW PRODUCTION

Travel for the Arts are delighted to offer this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear Finnish superstar soprano Karita Mattila in a special festive gala in celebration of her 60th birthday. Winner of the first Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 1983, “La Karita” will perform arias from her recent major roles in the stunning setting of Olavinlinna Castle. This tour will be based for three nights in the centre of Savonlinna, with one night at the Punkaharju Resort on the shore of picturesque Lake Saimaa, from where you will travel by boat to the Gala event of the season.

KARITA MATTILA

THU 23 JUL Afternoon arrival in Helsinki and travel SAT 25 JUL Check-out in the morning and transfer SUN 26 JUL Check-out and transfer to the beautiful by coach to Savonlinna (approx. 4 hours). Check-in (approx. 30 minutes) to the Punkaharju Resort, landscape of Heinävesi for a visit to the New Valamo at the stylish Hotel Seurahuone in the centre of a relaxing water amusement park. After checking- Monastery, a tranquil centre of Orthodox religious Savonlinna, adjacent to the Market Square and in, head to the nearby Finnish Forest Museum at life and culture, where you will sample the monks’ Passenger Harbour, with magnificent views over Lusto for a diverse and illuminating insight into homemade wine and a buffet lunch. Return to Lake Saimaa. A welcome dinner will be served that the significance of forests for the Finnish people. Savonlinna via Kerimäki church, reputedly the night at the nearby Lighthouse restaurant. Return to the resort, stopping en route for lunch at world’s oldest wooden church, and back to the Punkaharju Hotel. Time to relax before boarding Seurahuone Hotel for your final night. After the FRI 24 JUL Join your guide this morning for a walking the steamer for dinner and a stylish journey to opera that evening, there will be a farewell dinner tour of Savonlinna. Visits include Olavinlinna Savonlinna for that evening’s celebratory Gala. in the medieval halls of Olavinlinna Castle. Castle where you will go backstage and witness the After the performance, you will return by coach challenges of staging opera in a medieval castle. MON 27 JUL Transfer to Savonlinna airport for the to Punkaharju. Lunch and the rest of the day are at leisure with the homeward flight via Helsinki. option of the opera performance that evening.

PROGRAMME AT OLAVINLINNA CASTLE FLIGHTS

24 Jul 19.00 Rossini £165 Finnair D: Kari Heiskanen 23 Jul London Heathrow - Helsinki dep: 10.20 arr: 15.15 C: Evelino Pidò 27 Jul Savonlinna - Helsinki dep: 14.05 arr: 15.00 Cast includes: Annalisa Stroppa, Helsinki - London Heathrow dep: 17.00 arr: 18.05 Tuomas Katajala, Roberto de Candia, Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Michele Pertusi Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Please note that this production contains some nudity. PRICE (PER PERSON) 25 Jul 19.00 KARITA MATTILA – THE GRAND Inc Tour price £2555 FESTIVE GALA OLAVINLINNA CASTLE Single room supplement £435 C: Hannu Lintu Soprano: Karita Mattila Business Class flight upgrade from £350 Programme to include arias from operas by Land-only tour price £2240 Strauss, Wagner and Janáček Deposit required £450 26 Jul 19.00 WERTHER Massenet Inc Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and D: Fabrizio Melano C: Yordan Kamdzhalov to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, Cast includes: Aljaž Farasin, Ivana Srbljan, breakfast daily, two lunches, three dinners, sightseeing tours as Domen Križaj, Vanja Zelčić, Giorgio Surian, described including guides and entrance fees, wine tasting, top category Robert Kolar, Marko Fortunato tickets for each included performance, and second category ticket for Karita Mattila, opera synopsis, restaurant guide and city notes, the New production service of our local representative or tour manager.

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FESTIVAL CASTELL PERALADA

Price from £1865 pp

4 – 8 August 2020 Tour code: GRO1 NEW DESTINATION | NEW PRODUCTION

Travel for the Arts are delighted to introduce this Festival of world-class performances in the ancient Castle of Peralada near Figueres, birthplace of the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí. During the day you can explore this region of northern Spain with visits to Girona and the attractive coastal town of Cadaqués, whilst in the evening four outstanding singers – Sondra Radvanovsky, Anita Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała and Carlos Álvarez – come together for the spectacle of Verdi’s Aida in the Castle itself. American tenor Brian Jagde delights with a solo recital in the Cloisters of the Carmen Church. A promise of summer nights you will never forget!

CASTLE OF PERALADA

SONDRA RADVANOVSKY PIOTR BECZAŁA CARLOS ÁLVAREZ BRIAN JAGDE

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SALVADOR DALÍ MUSEUM INTERIOR OF SALVADOR DALÍ MUSEUM

GIRONA CADAQUÉS

TUE 4 AUG Arrive early afternoon in and house you will visit in nearby Portlligat. Lunch is in quarter and colourful façades. After an independent transfer (approx. 1 hour 45 minutes) to the 4-star a local restaurant before returning to the hotel. The lunch, continue to the remarkably well-preserved Hotel Pirineos in Figueres. This stylish hotel, located evening’s opera recital will take place in the peaceful medieval town of Besalú noted for its impressive just a few minutes walk from from the Salvador Dalí cloisters of Carmen Church within the walls of the 11th-century fortified bridge. Return to Figueres for Museum, is still run by the family who commissioned Castell de Peralada. the evening and dinner at leisure. local architect Pelayo Martínez Paricio to design it in FRI 7 AUG A full-day excursion starts with a walking SAT 8 AUG Spend the morning either last-minute 1961. Spend the afternoon exploring the town before tour of Girona during which you will explore the sightseeing or shopping before transferring to a welcome dinner that evening in a local restaurant. history of this ancient city with its narrow streets, Barcelona for the homeward flight. WED 5 AUG A morning visit to the Dalí Museum, huge 15th-century cathedral, fascinating Jewish designed by the artist himself and considered to be his last great work. The museum contains over PROGRAMME PRICE (PER PERSON) 1500 paintings, drawings, sculptures, engravings, 5 Aug 22.00 AIDA Verdi Inc holograms and photographs which serve to illustrate Tour price £1865 D: Paco Azorín Single room supplement £150 the captivating world of this unique surrealist. Lunch C: Dan Ettinger Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 is at leisure after which you will transfer the short Cast includes: Sondra Radvanovsky, Anita Land-only tour price £1740 Rachvelishvili, Piotr Beczała, Carlos Álvarez Deposit required £400 distance to Castell de Peralada for a visit to the Venue: The Castle Gardens Auditorium Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers museum which houses the most important glass New production from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, collection in Spain. Dinner that evening will be in the accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, two dinners, sightseeing 6 Aug 20.00 BRIAN JAGDE Recital Inc tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category Michelin-starred castle restaurant followed by the Programme: Various songs and arias ticket for each included performance, opera synopsis, restaurant guide Venue: The Cloisters of Carmen Church opera performance in the castle gardens. and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. FLIGHTS THU 6 AUG Mid-morning departure to the picturesque EXTENDED STAY town of Cadaqués, one of the most beautiful and British Airways If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after 4 Aug London Heathrow - Barcelona dep: 9.25 arr: 12.35 this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes. unspoilt villages on the Mediterranean and a 8 Aug Barcelona - London Heathrow dep: 15.50 arr: 16.10 favourite spot for many painters, including Chagall, Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Magritte, Matisse and Picasso as well as Dalí, whose

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GREAT ITALIAN OPERA IN VERONA

Price from £1995 pp

10 – 15 August 2020 Tour code: VRN1 NEW PRODUCTIONS

This tour offers a feast of much-loved Italian operas in the spectacular setting of the Arena di Verona. There is the option of Verdi’s Nabucco with its famous ‘Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves’ (which Italian audiences are known to frequently sing along to), with a highlight being new productions of the classic verismo pairing of and Pagliacci. As a tribute to the late , his much-lauded and sumptuous production of Turandot is the final opera of this tour, with the option of extending your stay to see this great director’s gorgeous production of La traviata.

NABUCCO © ENNEVI / COURTESY OF FONDAZIONE ARENA DI VERONA

MON 10 AUG Afternoon arrival at Verona airport and FRI 14 AUG Spend the morning exploring nearby PROGRAMME AT THE ARENA DI VERONA transfer to the elegant 4-star Hotel Colomba d’Oro in Castelvecchio. Built in 1350, this huge fortress was the heart of Verona, conveniently located a very short severely damaged both by Napoleon and in World 11 Aug 20.45 NABUCCO Verdi £212 D: Arnaud Bernard walking distance from the Arena di Verona. Welcome War II, but ingeniously restored under the guidance C: tbc Cast: tbc dinner that evening in a local restaurant. of the renowned Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, who 13 Aug 20.45 CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA / PAGLIACCI constructed bridges over exposed foundations and TUE 11 AUG Join your guide this morning for a Mascagni / Leoncavallo Inc filled gaping holes with glass panels. The complex D: tbc walking tour of Verona, taking in the medieval and C: tbc Cast: tbc is now home to a diverse collection of statuary, Roman Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori, as New productions frescoes, jewellery, medieval artefacts and paintings. well as Casa di Giulietta to view the balcony where 14 Aug 20.45 TURANDOT Verdi Inc There will be a farewell lunch in a local restaurant Juliet was said to have received Romeo’s declaration D: Franco Zeffirelli with time to rest and relax before that evening’s C: tbc Cast: tbc of love. A travel pass is included for independent performance of Turandot. visits to three notable churches. Lunch and the 15 Aug 20.45 LA TRAVIATA Verdi RQ D: Franco Zeffirelli afternoon are at leisure for you to further explore SAT 15 AUG Spend the morning and lunch at leisure C: tbc Cast: tbc this historic city. There is the option that evening to before transferring to the airport for the afternoon Full casting will be confirmed in Spring 2020. attend the performance of Verdi’s Nabucco. flight home. Please note that tickets are on request. WED 12 AUG A full-day excursion to the UNESCO FLIGHTS World Heritage city of Mantua. You will visit the POST-TOUR EXTENSION Palazzo Ducale, originally the residence of the Easyjet SAT 15 AUG Spend the day at leisure before the 10 Aug London Gatwick - Verona dep: 13.15 arr: 16.20 powerful Gonzaga family, which houses exceptional evening performance of La traviata. 15 Aug Verona - London Gatwick dep: 16.50 arr: 17.55 frescoes by Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi Flight schedules are subject to alteration. SUN 16 AUG Spend the morning and lunch at Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. (Bridal Chamber), demonstrating the artist’s leisure before transferring to the airport for the masterful use of perspective and trompe l’oeil. Other PRICE (PER PERSON) afternoon flight home. Please ask for a quote. visits include the Basilica Palatina di Santa Barbara. Tour price £1995 After lunch in a local restaurant you will continue Single room supplement £445 to the baroque Teatro Scientifico del Bibiena, the Land-only tour price £1745 Basilica di Sant’Andrea and catch a glimpse of the Deposit required £400 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers Casa di Rigoletto. Return to Verona for the evening from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, and dinner at leisure. accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category THU 13 AUG The day is free for you to spend as ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. you wish. The performance that evening is a new production of the classic double-bill of Cavalleria EXTENDED STAY rusticana and Pagliacci. If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after LA TRAVIATA this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ RETURNS TO PESARO

Price from £2095 pp

14 – 18 August 2020 Tour code: PES1 NEW PRODUCTIONS

Peruvian superstar tenor Juan Diego Flórez returns to Pesaro and the festival where he first shot to fame in 1996. Devoted to Pesaro’s most famous son, the composer and gourmet , this annual festival is a showcase for many great singers, conductors and directors. In addition to a Gala concert by Flórez, this tour offers you two new productions: Rossini’s one- act comic opera La cambiale di matrimonio (which will be paired with his delightful cantata Giovanna d’Arco) and Elisabetta, Regina d’Inghilterra.

JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ © GREGOR HOHENBERG / SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

FRI 14 AUG Arrive late afternoon in Bologna and MON 17 AUG The day is spent in Urbino, one of Italy’s URBINO transfer to Pesaro (approx. 2 hours). Check in at the idyllic hill towns and the birthplace of Raphael. 4-star Hotel Cruiser overlooking the sea and enjoy Your guide will take you to the adjacent churches a welcome buffet dinner in the hotel. of San Giovanni and San Giuseppe and then to the Palace of the Dukes of Montefeltro, widely regarded SAT 15 AUG Join your guide this morning for a as the pinnacle of Renaissance architecture of the walking tour "in the footsteps of Rossini". View cinquecento. The palace contains many art treasures a section of the 6th-century mosaic floor at the including works by Raphael, Piero della Francesca, Cathedral before spending time at Casa Rossini, Titian and Botticelli. Lunch will be served in a local the great composer’s birthplace and now a museum restaurant. Return to Pesaro with time to relax before housing a large collection of memorabilia. Lunch the opera performance that evening. and the afternoon are at leisure before the evening performance at Teatro Rossini. TUE 18 AUG Spend the morning as you wish and enjoy a lunch of your choice before transferring SUN 16 AUG Spend the morning discovering the to Bologna for the early evening flight home. nearby borgo of Gradara, one of the best-conserved medieval villages in Italy. You will visit the Castello PROGRAMME FLIGHTS di Gradara, known as the ‘Rocca’ to the locals and reputedly the setting for Dante’s story of Paolo and 15 Aug 20.00 GIOVANNI D’ARCO / LA CAMBIALE DI British Airways 14 Aug London Heathrow - Bologna dep: 14.40 arr: 17.50 Francesca in his ‘Divine Comedy’. Lunch is in a local MATRIMONIO Rossini Inc D: Laurence Dale 18 Aug Bologna - London Heathrow dep: 18.50 arr: 20.10 restaurant before returning to Pesaro. The afternoon C: Dmitry Korchak Flight schedules are subject to alteration. is free for independent exploration or relaxation Cast: tbc Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Venue: Teatro Rossini before transferring to the Vitrifrigo Arena for the New production PRICE (PER PERSON) evening concert with Juan Diego Flórez. 16 Aug 20.00 JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ Concert Inc Tour price £2095 Programme: tbc Single room supplement £280 TEATRO ROSSINI Venue: Vitrifrigo Arena Club Europe flight upgrade from £275 Land-only tour price £1940 17 Aug 20.00 ELISABETTA, REGINA D’INGHILTERRA Deposit required £450 Rossini Inc Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and D: Davide Livermore to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, C: Evelino Pidò breakfast daily, two lunches, one buffet dinner, sightseeing tours as Cast: tbc described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for Venue: Vitrifrigo Arena each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city New production notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. Full casting will be confirmed in Spring 2020. EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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THE SALZBURG FESTIVAL CENTENARY

Price from £3380 pp

15 – 21 August 2020 Tour code: SZG2 ANNIVERSARY | NEW PRODUCTION

In 2020, the internationally renowned Salzburg Festival will celebrate its centenary with an array of world-class performances by a myriad of outstanding artists. Its impressive anniversary programme includes a new production of Elektra, a starry cast that includes Cecilia Bartoli and Javier Camarena in Don Pasquale, and a concert version of with Plácido Domingo. On the concert platform, conducts the Vienna Philharmonic, whilst the legendary pianist Martha Argerich joins forces with the violinist Renaud Capuçon. Both concerts include works by Beethoven as part of his own very special anniversary year.

SALZBURG FESTIVAL

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SALZBURG FESTIVAL

SAT 15 AUG Early morning arrival in Salzburg and mountains to the east of the city, which has inspired anniversary of the Salzburg Festival. Lunch and the transfer to either the comfortable 4-star Hotel NH many an operetta melody. Pass through the village of afternoon are at leisure before the early evening Salzburg City or the luxurious 5-star Hotel Bristol, St Gilgen where Mozart’s sister lived, and visit the idyllic opera performance. both located in the city centre. A welcome lunch spa resort of Bad Ischl, popular with the 19th-century WED 19 AUG This morning, subject to rehearsal will be served at restaurant M32 which is located in Viennese elite, where you will have a guided tour of schedules, there will be backstage tours of the main the Museum of Modern Art overlooking the historic the , the Imperial Villa which was a summer Festival houses: the Grosses Festspielhaus, Haus für district of Salzburg. After lunch, check in to your residence for Franz Josef I and his wife Elisabeth (Sisi). Mozart and the Felsenreitschule. Lunch will be served chosen hotel and spend the rest of the day at leisure. Lunch will be in a local restaurant before your return to in a local restaurant, with the afternoon at leisure Salzburg for the performance that evening. SUN 16 AUG A late morning concert performance is before the recital that evening. followed by an independent lunch, with the rest of TUE 18 AUG A guided walking tour of Salzburg will THU 20 AUG The day is free for you to spend either the day free to explore the beautiful baroque city allow you to visit some of the most important sights sightseeing, shopping or simply relaxing. There will of Salzburg. of the city such as the Mozarteum, Landestheater, be an early farewell dinner before the evening recital. Mirabell Palace and the Cathedral, as well as a visit MON 17 AUG A full-day excursion to the scenic to the State Exhibition celebrating the 100-year FRI 21 AUG Transfer to the airport for the late morning Salzkammergut, an Alpine region of lakes and flight home.

PROGRAMME FLIGHTS

British Airways 16 Aug 11.00 VIENNA PHILHARMONIC Inc 19 Aug 19.00 I VESPRI SICILIANI Verdi Inc 15 Aug London Gatwick - Salzburg dep: 07.25 arr: 10.25 C: Riccardo Muti C: Daniele Rustioni 21 Aug Salzburg - London Gatwick dep: 11.35 arr: 12.35 Singers include: Asmik Grigorian, Marianne Cast includes: Plácido Domingo, Neven Crnić, Crebassa, Daniel Johansson, Gerald Finley Fabio Sartori, Mika Kares, Rachel Willis- Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Programme: Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 in Sørensen D minor, Op. 125 Venue: Grosses Felsenreitschule PRICE (PER PERSON) Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus Concert performance

17 Aug 20.00 ELEKTRA Strauss Inc 20 Aug 19.30 RECITAL – ARGERICH / R. CAPUÇON Inc Tour price (NH Hotel) £3380 D: Krzysztof Warlikowski Piano: Martha Argerich Single room supplement (NH Hotel) £765 C: Franz Welser-Möst Violin: Renaud Capuçon Tour price (Bristol Hotel) £3695 Cast includes: Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, Programme: Beethoven - Sonata for Violin Single room supplement (Bristol Hotel) £660 Aušrine Stundyte, Asmik Grigorian, Michael and Piano No. 8 in G major, , Op. 30/3 Club Europe flight upgrade from £450

Laurenz, Derek Welton R. Schumann - Sonata for Violin and Piano Land-only tour price (NH Hotel) £3185 Venue: Grosses Felsenreitschule No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 Land-only tour price (Bristol Hotel) £3500 New production Prokofiev - Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 Deposit required £1200 in D major, Op. 94a * High deposit due to great demand for tickets. 18 Aug 18:30 DON PASQUALE Donizetti Inc Venue: Haus für Mozart Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers D: Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, C: Gianluca Capuano Please note that tickets are on request and will not be accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, two dinners, sightseeing Cast includes: Cecilia Bartoli, Javier confirmed until Spring 2020. tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category Camarena, Peter Kálman, Nicola Alaimo ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide Venue: Haus für Mozart and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

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BACK TO BAROQUE IN STOCKHOLM

Price from £1870 pp

17 – 20 August 2020 Tour code: STO1 NEW PRODUCTIONS

Return to the 18th century during this tour to Stockholm with operas at two beautiful and historical theatres. The wooden stage machinery at the Drottningholm Court Theatre is still operated by hand, whilst wind, thunder and cloud machines, as well as traps and moving waves, add authenticity and a touch of charm. A new production of Handel’s will be performed on period instruments with Swedish mezzo- soprano Ann Hallenberg in the title role. At Sweden’s oldest rococo theatre, the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre (Confidencen), clever programming pairs one of the earliest known English operas, John Blow’s Venus and Adonis, with his pupil Henry Purcell’s much-loved Dido and Aeneas.

DROTTNINGHOLMS SLOTTSTEATER © LOUISE BERG

MON 17 AUG Early afternoon arrival in Stockholm and WED 19 AUG The morning is free for you to further transfer to the 4-star Berns Hotel. This award-winning explore the city and lunch independently. In the and stylish boutique hotel is located in the centre of late afternoon you will transfer to the Strandvägen Stockholm’s dynamic shopping and restaurant district, boulevard and take a boat trip† across the Edsviken overlooking Berzelii Park and the Baltic Sea. Time to Lake to Ulriksdal Palace, during which you will rest before a welcome dinner that evening in the hotel. be served a glass of wine and a plate of Swedish delicacies. The double bill that evening is at the TUE 18 AUG Meet your guide this morning for a walking Confidencen Theatre, after which you will return tour of Stockholm’s Old Town. You will visit some of the by coach to the hotel. city’s major sights including the Cathedral, the City Hall (home of the Nobel Prize banquet) and the magnificent THU 20 AUG Spend the morning at leisure before DROTTNINGHOLM PALACE Royal Palace. Lunch is at leisure before departing by transferring to the airport for the homeward flight. steamer in the afternoon to Drottningholm Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the private residence PROGRAMME FLIGHTS of the Swedish royal family. Dinner will be served in the 18 Aug 19.00 AGRIPPINA Handel Inc British Airways Pavilion prior to the opera performance at the Court D: Staffan Valdemar Holm 17 Aug London Heathrow - Stockholm dep: 11.20 arr: 14.55 20 Aug Stockholm - London Heathrow dep: 15.25 arr: 17.05 Theatre. Return to Stockholm by coach. C: Francesco Corti Cast: Ann Hallenberg, Bruno de Sá, Kristina Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Hammarström, Giulia Semenzato, Renato Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. ULRIKSDAL PALACE Dolcini, Emil Næshagen Venue: Drottningholms Slottsteater PRICE (PER PERSON) New production (sung in Italian with surtitles in Swedish) Tour price £1870 Single room supplement £285 19 Aug 19.00 VENUS AND ADONIS / Inc Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 DIDO AND AENEAS* Blow / Purcell Land-only tour price £1635 D: William Relton Deposit required £400 C: Olof Boman Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and Choregrapher: Sara Ekman to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, Cast: TBC breakfast daily, two dinners, one light snack, sightseeing tours as Venue: Confidencen described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for New production (sung in English) each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager. * Please note that these performances will be recorded by † Please note that the journey by boat to Ulriksdal Palace is subject Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio and may involve to availability. In case of cancellation, alternative transport and repetition of a scene or two. refreshments will be provided.

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BALLET STARS IN MILAN

Price from £1595 pp

28 – 30 September 2020 Tour code: MIL1 Two of the ballet world’s greatest stars of the day join forces for what promises to be a spectacular evening at the prestigious Teatro alla Scala, Milan. Prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and principal dancer étoile Roberto Bolle perform the lead roles in John Neumeier’s classical ballet La Dame aux Camélias, and Travel for the Arts are thrilled to be able to offer you this opportunity to witness a performance to remember.

TEATRO ALLA SCALA

SAT 28 SEP Afternoon arrival and transfer to the Hotel treasures - scores, photos, ceramics and porcelain PROGRAMME Cavour, a comfortable 4-star hotel in the centre of from the Commedia dell’Arte - tracing the history 29 Sep 20.00 LA DAME AUX CAMÉLIAS Inc Milan, and a 10-minute walk to the Teatro alla Scala. of the many great singers, dancers and composers Choreography: John Neumeier Time to rest, relax or stroll around the city before a who have all added to the glory of this theatre. The Music: Chopin visit to Villa Medici Giulini, home to an impressive tour ends with lunch at the atmospheric Ristorante Étoiles: Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle collection of musical instruments, for a welcome Al Cantinone. The afternoon is at leisure before the buffet dinner and private piano recital. short walk to the theatre for that evening’s special FLIGHTS ballet performance. SUN 29 SEP Meet your guide this morning for a British Airways walking tour of Milan. Visits include the city’s glorious MON 30 SEP Spend the morning as you wish before 28 Sep London Heathrow - Milan Linate dep: 12.00 arr: 15.00 30 Sep Milan Linate - London Heathrow dep: 15.50 arr: 16.50 Cathedral and museum with its many transferring to the airport for the afternoon flight home. Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request.

PRICE (PER PERSON)

Tour price £1595 Single room supplement £240 Club Europe flight upgrade from £250 Land-only tour price £1440 Deposit required £400 Tour Extension from £150pppn sharing £120pppn single supplement Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one dinner, one lunch, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ROBERTO BOLLE ticket for the performance, ballet synopsis, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

ROBERTO BOLLE AND SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA

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AWARD-WINNING FESTIVAL IN BRNO

Price from £1695 pp

30 September – 4 October 2020 Tour code: BRN1 NEW DESTINATION | NEW PRODUCTION

Another new destination for Travel for the Arts is Brno in the Czech Republic. This charming capital of Moravia is where the composer Leoš Janáček lived for many years, and today is home to The Janáček Brno Festival which won the award for ‘Best Festival’ at the prestigious International Opera Awards in 2019. This new tour includes two of Janáček’s powerful compositions – a concert performance of his song cycle The Diary of One who Disappeared and a new production of Jenůfa with the renowned Finnish soprano Karita Mattila as the Kostelnicka.

CATHEDRAL OF ST PETER AND PAUL

WED 30 SEP Afternoon arrival in Vienna and transfer years. This rural location provided the inspiration for PROGRAMME (approx. 2 hours) to Brno. Check-in at the stylish many of the composer’s works and you will visit his 1 Oct 19.00 THE DIARY OF ONE WHO DISAPPEARED Inc 5-star Barceló Brno Palace, perfectly located in the birthplace – the local schoolhouse – which contains Janáček Recital centre of the city. There will be time to rest and numerous photographs, letters and notes from the Tenor: Pavel Breslik relax before a welcome dinner that evening in a composer’s life, and the romantic ruins of the large Piano: Robert Pechanec NB This will be preceded by a piano recital local restaurant. 15th-century castle where Janáček would allegedly Pianist: Jan Jiraský come to contemplate his compositions. Lunch will be Programme to include works by Janáček, THU 1 OCT Join your guide this morning for a walking served in a local restaurant. Return to Brno and the Bartók, Novák and Stravinsky tour of Brno. The tour starts at the Janáček Theatre, Venue: Reduta Theatre (Mozart Hall) evening at leisure. named after the Czech composer whose life and work 3 Oct 19.00 JENŮFA Janáček Inc is intrinsically linked with the city. You will see the SAT 3 OCT A morning visit to Villa Jurkovič, one of D: Claus Guth magical curtain of water with its cascade of colour the many architectural gems in Brno. Built in 1906, C: Robert Kružík Cast includes: Karita Mattila in front of the theatre before moving to Freedom the Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič was much Venue: Janáček Theatre Square with its six-metre tall granite bullet and then influenced by folk art which he incorporated into New production (Co-production with Covent Garden) to Brno’s beautiful market square, as well as the the design of his house and garden. There is also monumental Cathedral of St Peter and Paul. Lunch is a fascinating exhibition of furniture that Jurkovič FLIGHTS in a local restaurant with the afternoon at leisure. The designed, plus photographs of other commissions concert performance that evening is at the Reduta that he undertook after he left Brno in 1919. Lunch British Airways 30 Sep London Heathrow - Vienna dep: 11.35 arr: 15.00 Theatre, the oldest theatre in Central Europe, and and the afternoon are at leisure before the opera 4 Oct Vienna - London Heathrow dep: 14.50 arr: 16.20 where Mozart conducted as a young boy in 1767. performance that evening. Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. FRI 2 OCT Transfer (approx. 2 hours) to the village of SUN 4 OCT Transfer to Vienna for the afternoon Hukvaldy where Janáček was born and spent his final flight home. PRICE (PER PERSON) Tour price £1695 PAVEL BRESLIK KARITA MATTILA Single room supplement £440 Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 Land-only tour price £1550 Deposit required £350 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, top category tickets for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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CELEBRATIONS IN PARMA

Price from £2325 pp

7 – 11 October 2020 Tour code: PMF1 NEW PRODUCTION

As Parma continues its celebrations as the 2020 Italian Capital of Culture, its annual Verdi Festival returns with performances of the great composer’s works in two beautiful and historic theatres – a new production of I Lombardi alla prima crociata in Parma’s prestigious and Rigoletto in the intimate and ornate Teatro in . If you wish, there is also a rare opportunity to hear the French version of in the magnificent and monumental setting of the Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato in the heart of Parma.

TEATRO REGIO DI PARMA

WED 7 OCT Early evening arrival in Bologna. Visits include the huge Ducal Palace which boasts PROGRAMME Transfer to Parma (approx. 1 hour) and check-in two particular highlights: a room decorated by at the elegant 5-star Grand Hotel de la Ville. Pisanello and the extraordinary and witty frescoes 8 Oct time tbc I LOMBARDI ALLA PRIMA CROCIATA Verdi Inc D: tbc The welcome dinner that evening is in the hotel’s by Mantegna in the Camera degli Sposi (Bridal C: tbc aptly-named restaurant ‘Parmigiano’, where you Chamber) that demonstrate the artist’s masterful Cast: tbc will have a chance to sample some of the famous use of perspective and trompe l’oeil. You will also Venue: Teatro Regio di Parma New production cuisine for which Parma is rightly proud. visit Palazzo del Te, one of the most beautiful villas in Italy, before having lunch in a local restaurant. 9 Oct time tbc MACBETH (French version) Verdi 230 THU 8 OCT Start the day with a walking tour of Parma, D: tbc Return to Parma for the evening at leisure or the seeing the striking octagonal Baptistry and 12th-century C: tbc optional performance in the recently restored Cast: tbc Romanesque cathedral with its famous frescoes by Venue: Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato Chiesa di San Francesco del Prato. Correggio, the most important Renaissance painter New production of the school of Parma. Further frescoes by this great SAT 10 OCT This morning is free for you to spend as 10 Oct time tbc RIGOLETTO Verdi Inc artist can be viewed in the sumptuous Camera di San you wish. After an independent lunch you will transfer D: tbc C: tbc Paolo, a room in the former monastery of San Paolo. to Sant’Agata, Verdi’s home for more than 50 years, Cast tbc You will also visit the early 17th-century Teatro Farnese, then head to the composer’s birthplace in the village Venue: Teatro Giuseppe Verdi di Busseto a stunning baroque-style theatre built entirely of wood of Le Roncole and finally to Casa Barezzi in Busseto, FLIGHTS and plaster and painted to seem like marble. Lunch and where Verdi gave his earliest public performance and the afternoon are at leisure before transferring to the also fell in love with his first wife Margherita Barezzi. British Airways 7 Oct London Heathrow - Bologna dep: 14.45 arr: 17.55 Teatro Regio for that evening’s performance. Enjoy a farewell dinner at the local restaurant ‘I due 11 Oct Bologna - London Heathrow dep: 12.05 arr: 13.25 Foscari’, formerly owned by the great tenor Carlo FRI 9 OCT A half-day excursion to Mantua. Known Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Bergonzi, followed by the evening performance at the Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. affectionately by the locals as “La bella Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto. Return to Parma. addormentata”, Mantua is a true sleeping beauty PRICE (PER PERSON) that has scarcely changed since the middle ages. SUN 11 OCT Transfer to the airport for the flight home. Tour price £2325 Single room supplement £240 Club Europe flight upgrade from £300 Land-only tour price £2245 Deposit required £400 Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, two lunches, one dinner, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the service of our local representative or tour manager.

EXTENDED STAY If you would like to extend your holiday either before or after DUCAL PALACE (MANTUA) TEATRO GIUSEPPE VERDI DI BUSSETO this programmed tour, please contact us to discuss your wishes.

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STRESA FESTIVAL TRAVEL FOR THE ARTS Price from £1995 pp

in association with 1 – 7 September 2020 Tour code: STR2 CARPENTER HOLIDAYS A CARPENTER HOLIDAY Situated on the western shore of Lake Maggiore, Stresa Over the past five years, Travel for the Arts has enjoyed is set in one of the most beautiful locations in Italy. a fruitful collaboration with Stephen Carpenter who The town’s annual International Festival runs for a has led holidays to Scotland (his unique "Mendelssohn week in early September and this year features music in Scotland" journey), Lake District Summer Music from the baroque and classical periods. As well as Festival, Oxford Lieder, the Whittington Festival and to enjoying five concerts, we will explore the charming the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg. We are delighted Borromean Islands and take the cable car to the nearby Mount Mottarone, which affords wonderful panoramic to announce this new holiday to the Stresa Festival in views over Stresa and the surrounding lakes. September 2020, details of which can be found here and on Stephen's website, www.carpenterholidays.com. This holiday will be arranged and led by Stephen Carpenter in association with Travel for the Arts and will be fully covered by our ABTA and ATOL membership. Welcome to CARPENTER HOLIDAYS I hope that you will enjoy browsing through the details of this visit to the Stresa Festival on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. There could hardly be a more magical setting to enjoy some wonderful views and to listen to beautiful music together. Our hotel, the Regina Palace, is separated from the lake only by its lush green front lawn and the esplanade, and is a short walk from the main concert venue and the town of LAKE MAGGIORE Stresa. I do hope that you will decide to join this trip and I will look forward to travelling with you to this special destination. TUE 1 SEP Early afternoon arrival and FRI 4 SEP This morning we take the transfer (approx. 1.5 hours) to Stresa. 20-minute cable car ride over the Check in to lakeside-view rooms at gentle, grassy slopes of Mottarone, the 4-star art nouveau Regina Palace which divides Lake Maggiore from Stephen Carpenter Hotel, overlooking the shores of Lake Lake Orta and offers one of the most Director, Carpenter Holidays Maggiore. Early welcome dinner at the breathtaking views of the lakes and hotel followed by a boat trip across the distant Alps. Return to Stresa and the lake for the first concert at the the afternoon at leisure. Dinner will Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso. be served at the hotel, followed by the evening concert. “Thanks again for organising such an enjoyable visit.” WED 2 SEP Free day to explore Stresa. Early dinner at the hotel SAT 5 SEP Free day in Stresa. Enjoy Mr L, May 2017, Whittington Festival followed by the boat trip across the the hotel facilities which include lake for the second concert. the heated swimming pool, sauna and Turkish Bath, or explore further THU 3 SEP Depart this morning for a “Scotland and the Lake District are among the best afield with an optional visit to the tour of the three Borromean Islands beautiful and almost ethereal Lake holidays I’ve ever had and I do hope that there will – Isola Madre, Isola Pescatore (where Orta, one of Italy’s best kept secrets! be many more to come in the future!” you will have lunch under your own arrangements in one of the many SUN 6 SEP Another day at leisure. Miss D, August 2017, Mendelssohn in Scotland and Lake District restaurants and cafés on the island) A farewell dinner will be served at the and Isola Bella. Return to Stresa for hotel, followed by the final concert. the afternoon at leisure before dinner MON 7 SEP Early morning departure in the hotel and the evening concert to Milan for the flight home. at the Stresa Convention Centre. carpenter holidays

CABLE CAR TO MOUNT MOTTARONE

REGINA PALACE HOTEL

ISOLA BELLA

PROGRAMME FLIGHTS British Airways 1 Sep 20.30 RECITAL 4 Sep 20.30 CONCERT: SONAR IN OTTAVA 1 Sep London Heathrow - Milan Linate dep 10.25 arr 13.25 Cellist: Narek Hakhnazaryan C: Riccardo Doni 7 Sep Milan Linate - London City Airport dep 11.00 arr 11.55 Programme: J S Bach - Suites for Cello, Violin: Giuliano Carmignola part one Cello piccolo: Mario Brunello Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Venue: Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso Accademia dell’Annunciata Programme: PRICE (PER PERSON) 2 Sep 20.30 RECITAL Vivaldi - Concerto in C major for Strings, RV 116 Cellist: Narek Hakhnazaryan J S Bach - Concerto in C minor for violin Tour Price £1995 Programme: J S Bach - Suites for Cello, and cello piccolo, BWV 1060 Single room supplement £390 part two Vivaldi - Sinfonia in D for Strings, RV 125 Lakeview room HB (5 nights) £180 Venue: Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso Vivaldi - Concerto in E flat for violin Lakeview BB (1 night) £72 and cello piccolo, RV 515 Club Europe flight upgrade from £350 3 Sep 20.30 CONCERT: I CORNI DELLA SCALA J S Bach - Concerto in D minor for violin Land-only tour price £1885 Programme to be announced, but will and cello piccolo, BWV 1043 Deposit required £400 feature repertoire for the horn players from Goldberg - Sonata in D minor for Strings the opera orchestra of La Scala, Milan Vivaldi - Concerto in C major for violin Tour price includes: Flights and airport taxes, group transfers Venue: Stresa Convention Centre and cello piccolo, RV 508 from and to airport and for included activities where applicable, accommodation, breakfast daily, one lunch, five dinners, Venue: Stresa Convention Centre sightseeing tours as described including entrance fees, best ticket for each included performance, concert programmes, 6 Sep 20.30 CONCERT: ADDA SIMFONICA the services of Stephen Carpenter as tour manager. C: Josep Vicent Pianist: Javier Perianes Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 1 in C Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat Beethoven - Symphony No 7 in A Venue: Stresa Convention Centre

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OPERA, BALLET CLASSICAL MUSIC À LA CARTE

Travel for the Arts à la Carte is designed for clients who prefer to travel independently. Our expert consultants offer a complete bespoke planning and booking service, taking care of travel, accommodation and performance tickets in any music or ballet destination you choose.

• With over 30 years’ experience in • We arrange your travel to suit your arranging travel for groups and needs and can investigate journeys individuals, we are often able to by air, rail or even private jet. We source tickets for the most sought- also offer private transfers on arrival after performances, many featuring or departure. the star performers of the day. • We are able to book your own choice • We tailor your itinerary for the of hotel or offer advice on suitable dates you wish to travel and for the alternatives. performances you wish to see. We can • We can advise on and arrange also offer suggestions based on your unique bespoke experiences such requirements, providing seasonal as backstage tours, guided opera and ballet programmes and sightseeing, restaurant bookings making recommendations. and access to other cultural events.

Whether to celebrate a special occasion or simply as a short break, let Travel for the Arts create an unforgettable opera, ballet and classical music experience just for you.

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HOW TO BOOK Telephone our designated à la Carte line on 020 8799 8354 or email [email protected] for a quotation. Your itinerary will be individually designed to meet your requirements.

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DIE WALKÜRE BY SOFIA OPERA © VICTOR VICTOROV 33 terms and conditions

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5.4 If it is necessary to cancel your holiday (except for reasons of unavoidable and extraordinary 8. DATA PROTECTION POLICY circumstances) or make a significant change after the date when payment of the balance becomes In order to process your booking and to ensure your travel arrangements run smoothly and meet due, we will in addition pay you compensation as follows: your requirements, we need to use the information you provide to us, such as name, address, Period before departure within which Compensation notification of change or cancellation is contact details and any special needs/dietary requirements. Please see our Privacy Policy for details given per person of how we collect and process your personal data, and the personal data of those in your party. More than 49 days...... Nil http://www.travelforthearts.com/privacy/ 49 – 42 days...... £10.00 9. PASSPORTS, VISAS AND HEALTH 41 – 25 days...... £20.00 You and your party’s specific passport, visa and other immigration requirements are your 24 – 16 days...... £30.00 9.1 responsibility and we do not accept responsibility for the validity of your passports or visas or 15 – 1 days...... £40.00 for the refusal of visas by the Issuing Authorities. You should therefore confirm these with the

relevant authorities, Embassies and/or Consulates. We shall not be liable for any loss, expense, Please note compensation is not payable in the case of minor changes. The compensation cost, damage, injury or loss of enjoyment suffered as a result of such invalidity or loss, including offered does not exclude you from claiming more if you are entitled to do so. any responsibility if you cannot travel because you have not complied with such requirements. ‘Unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances’ means a situation beyond our control, the British subjects require a passport. We will provide information about visas and health consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been 9.2 requirements and can also apply for visas on your behalf for a small fee and handling charge. taken, including (for example) but not limited to, war, riot, industrial dispute, terrorist activity and If you do not hold a valid EU passport, please inform us at point of booking. Although we can its consequences, natural or nuclear disaster, fire, adverse weather conditions, epidemics and apply for any visa on a client’s behalf, we cannot be held responsible for declined visas and pandemics, unavoidable technical problems with transport. normal cancellation charges will be levied should this occur. 6. NON-APPEARANCE AND ALTERATIONS TO REPERTOIRE/ITINERARY Higher charges may also be applied to non-British citizens and late applications which will be 6.1 Opera and music lovers will appreciate that performances and artists can be changed without charged accordingly. For further advice visit the FCO website, www.fco.gov.uk, visit the ABTA notice. Fortunately, this is a rare occurrence but nevertheless disappointing. Every effort is made website www.abta.com/gotravel or telephone ABTA on 020 3117 0599. to obtain and pass on to you up to date information regarding performances and artists. This information is based upon details supplied to us by other parties and we cannot guarantee its 10. PHYSICAL HANDICAPS AND MOBILITY accuracy or that there will not be further changes to the programme. The non-appearance of an Should you suffer from any serious physical handicaps or experience difficulty in walking artist, cancellation of event or other changes, are entirely outside our control or even the control long distances and tire easily, please do bring this to our attention at the time of booking of those organising the event. We will always do our utmost to find a suitable alternative in such in order that we can provide the necessary assistance at airports and hotels. Please note a case and wherever refunds from an event organiser are received we will pass this on to you. that some of the activities on our tours may not be suitable if you have any disability or reduced mobility. In the interests of safety and comfort for the whole group, you should be 6.2 Specific outside events – in the event of adverse weather conditions a full refund of the face value of the performance ticket will be made only if the performance fails to start. If abandonment occurs fit enough to participate or alternatively have an able bodied carer with you to assist. after the start, conditions of the ticket purchased prevent any refund. 11. COMPLAINTS AND DISPUTES 6.3 Please note that the order of events on itineraries is subject to alteration due to local 11.1 If you have a compliant about any of the services included in your holiday, you must circumstances, unscheduled closures etc. However, every effort will be made to include all elements inform the relevant supplier and our representative (whose details will be provided to you prior of the programme during the tour dates or a suitable alternative which will be notified to you. to the commencement of your trip) without undue delay, who will endeavour to put things right quickly. If your complaint cannot be resolved locally, your representative will ask you to 7. OUR LIABILITIES TO YOU make a report, the original of which is for you and a copy will be forwarded to our Head Office, 7.1 You must inform us without undue delay of any failure to perform or improper performance as detailed on our invoice to you. Please follow this up within 28 days of your return home by of the travel services included in the package holiday sold to you by us. If any of the travel services writing to us giving your original tour reference number and all other relevant information. included in your package are not performed in accordance with the contract, or any improperly Please keep your letter concise and provide all relevant information. If you fail to follow the performed, by us or the travel service suppliers, and this has affected the enjoyment of your travel requirement to report your complaint during your holiday, we will have been deprived of the arrangements, you may be entitled to an appropriate price reduction or compensation, or both. opportunity to investigate and rectify it and this may affect your rights under this booking. However, we will not be liable where any failure to perform or improper performance of the travel It is unlikely that you will have a complaint that cannot be settled amicably between services is due to you or another member of your party; or a third party unconnected with the 11.2 us. However, disputes arising out of or in connection with this contract which cannot be provision of the travel arrangements and whether the failure is unforeseeable or unavoidable; amicably settled, may (if you so wish) be settled by way of an alternative dispute resolution or unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances (as defined above) beyond our control, the procedure. We are a member of ABTA. We are also obliged to maintain a high standard consequences of which could not have been avoided even if all reasonable measures had been taken. of service to you by ABTA’s Code of Conduct. We can also offer you ABTA’s Scheme for the 7.2 If an event within the itinerary is cancelled due to unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances resolution of disputes which is approved by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute. If we within one month prior to the event, we reserve the right to refund the cost of the admission ticket can’t resolve your complaint, go to www.abta.com to use ABTA’s simple procedure. Further to the event only. information on the Code and ABTA’s assistance in resolving disputes can be found on www. 7.3 We accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions of our employees, agents or abta.com. You can also access the European Commission Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) suppliers. Save for liabilities under clause 7.4 below, our liability to you in all cases (except where they platform at http://ec.europa/consumers/odr/. This ODR platform is a means of notifying lead to death, injury or illness) shall be limited to a maximum of three times the cost of the original us of your compliant; it will not determine how your complaint should be resolved. travel arrangements. 12. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE 7.4 Our liability to you will also be limited in accordance with and/or in an identical manner to: If you’re in difficulty whilst on holiday and ask us to help we will provide appropriate assistance, i) the contractual terms of the companies that provide the travel services that make up your in particular by providing information on health services, local authorities and consular assistance; package. These are incorporated into this booking; and and helping you to find alternative arrangements and any necessary phone calls/emails. You must pay any costs we incur, if the difficulty is your fault. ii) any relevant international conventions (for example, the Montreal Convention for travel by air, the Athens Convention for travel by sea, the Berne Convention for travel by rail and the 13. SPECIAL REQUESTS Convention for accommodation), which limit the amount of compensation that you can claim for Any special requests made on your Booking Form are noted and we do our very death, injury, delay to passengers and loss, damage and delay to luggage. We are to be regarded best to comply with these wherever possible. However, although we do make every as having all benefit of any limitation of compensation contained in these or any conventions. effort to meet your requirements, we cannot unfortunately give a guarantee. You can ask for copies of the travel service contractual terms, or the international conventions, from us. 14. TOUR MANAGERS AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES 7.5 If you, or any member of your party, suffers death, illness or injury whilst overseas arising out of activity which does not form part of the inclusive holiday arrangements or excursion arrangements Wherever possible and practical, our tours are escorted throughout by a representative from the through us (as per clause 17 below), we shall at our discretion, offer advice, guidance and assistance UK. On occasions when circumstances dictate, we retain the services of a local representative to to help in resolving any claim you may have against a third party. We limit the cost of our assistance meet our clients and to escort them to cities and on excursions accompanied by our local guide. to you or a member of your party to £5,000.00 in total. Where legal action is contemplated and you 15. TRAVEL INSURANCE want our assistance you must obtain our authority prior to commencement of proceedings. Our It is a condition of these Booking Conditions and your contract with consent will be given subject to you undertaking to assign any costs, benefits received under any us that you have comprehensive travel insurance cover. relevant insurance policy to ourselves. We are able to introduce you to Citybond Suretravel. Citybond Suretravel insurance is underwritten If you are prevented from travelling on an aircraft because in the opinion of any person in authority 7.6 by Union Reiseversicherung AG, UK. Specialised Travel, trading as Travel for the Arts, is an at the airport you appear, by reason of intoxicating liquor or use of drugs, either to be unfit for travel Introducer Appointed Representative of Citybond Suretravel for the sale of travel insurance or likely to cause discomfort or disturbance to other passengers, our responsibility for your journey, and we have negotiated discounts on the Citybond Suretravel schemes for our clients. including any return flight thereupon ceases. You must accept responsibility for your proper conduct and we therefore have the right to terminate our contract in circumstances of serious misconduct by Citybond Suretravel can provide a comprehensive range of travel insurance offering high levels you or any member of your party. of cover for medical emergency, repatriation, personal baggage, cancellation and much more. 7.7 Under EU law, you have rights in some circumstances to refunds and/or compensation from They are able to provide single trip policies with no upper age limit, annual multi trip policies up to your airline in cases of denied boarding, cancellation or delay to flights. Full details of these rights age 85, long stay policies for trips up to 12 months and gap year policies for trips up to 18 months. will be available at EU airports and will also be available from airlines. However, please note that All their policies offer the option to include existing medical conditions as well as, automatic cover reimbursement in such cases does not automatically entitle you to a refund of the cost of your for participation in over 100 sports and activities. holiday from us. Your right to a refund and/or compensation from us is set out in these Booking Conditions. If any payments to you are due from us, then if the airline makes payment of these to Referral Code 56275 you then such sum will be deducted from this amount. If your airline does not comply with such Please use the above code to receive the premium discounts: rules then you can complain to the Aviation Consumer Advocate Panel on 020 7453 6888 or Online at https://www.suretravel.co.uk/?intcode=56275 www.caa.co.uk. or by phone on Freephone 0333 207 0481 for 10% 7.8 If it is impossible to ensure your return as scheduled due to unavoidable and extraordinary 16. SEVERABILITY circumstances, we will bear the cost of necessary accommodation, if possible of equivalent category, for a maximum of three nights. The limit doesn’t apply to persons with reduced mobility and any If any part of these Booking Conditions is held to be invalid, unreasonable or unenforceable, person accompanying them, pregnant women and unaccompanied minors, or persons in need of such portion(s) shall be deemed as severable from these Booking Conditions and the specific medical assistance, provided that you notified us of these needs at least 48 hours before the remainder of these Booking Conditions shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable. start of your holiday. 17. EXCURSIONS NB: This clause does not apply to any separate contracts that you may enter into for excursions or Excursions or other tours that you may choose to book or pay for whilst you are on holiday activities whilst on holiday. are not part of your package holiday provided by us. For any excursion or other tour that you book which does not form part of your package holiday with us, your contract will be with the operator of the excursion or tour and not with us. We are not responsible for the provision of the excursion or tour or for anything that happens during the course of its provision by the operator.

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THE MARIINSKY BALLET IN ST PETERSBURG IN LEIPZIG 25 – 30 March 2020 Tour Code: STP1 9 – 13 July 2020 Tour Code: LE12 The cultural centre of Russia, St Petersburg is a treasure trove of art and This tour offers the opportunity to enjoy three of Richard Strauss’s operatic culture. For more than two centuries the Mariinsky has been presenting masterpieces - Arabella, Capriccio and Die Frau ohne Schatten - in one world-class performances, and today a new generation continues in the weekend. Ulf Schirmer, Leipzig Opera’s Intendant and General Music Director, footsteps of the great artistes of the past at both the traditional Mariinsky conducts the world-class Gewandhausorchester and sensational Strauss Theatre and the company’s contemporary new theatre, Mariinsky II. singers in all three productions. Excursions will explore this most musical This tour presents three quintessentially Russian ballets and visits to of cities, and introduce you to Halle and some unique chocolate treats! the great palaces and museums of this majestic and revolutionary city.

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