TRAVELFOR THE ARTS SPRING LIBRETTO 2017 OPERA, BALLET, CLASSICAL MUSIC THE ARTS ESCORTED AND BESPOKE HOLIDAYS NEW TOURS FOR 2017 18TH-CENTURY OPERA THE KREMLIN BALLET IN STOCKHOLM FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW page 3 page 4 THE VERDI FESTIVAL WEXFORD IN PARMA FESTIVAL OPERA page 6 page 7 www.travelforthearts.com +44Tel: 02020 8799 8799 8350 | Email: 8350 [email protected] [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com 1 welcome to the world of OPERA, DANCE, CLASSICAL MUSIC & ARTS HOLIDAYS Our escorted holidays are tailored to cater to the needs of lovers of opera, classical music, ballet and the arts, and we aim to provide you with a truly unforgettable cultural experience. Wonderful performances are combined with specially selected sightseeing for a stimulating yet relaxing holiday. We also offer quality service; our small groups are escorted by specialist tour leaders and local guides, and backed up by full support from our London office, which means that we can offer you a dedicated personal service. Should you wish to travel independently, we also offer bespoke arrangements tailored to your wishes. More details of our new tours for summer and autumn 2017 can be found on the following pages. We also continue to collaborate with Stephen Carpenter of Carpenter Holidays, whose classical music tours appear on pages 8 and 9. BOOKING DETAILS Fly from regional airports* Flights for our tours are usually Details of all tours featured in this brochure are available on arranged from London airports. our website www.travelforthearts.com. Many of our holidays However we are able to look into are taken up very quickly after the brochure launch, so we flights from any other airport, subject would encourage you to get in touch as soon as possible if to availability, so please get in touch with us you are interested in making a booking. to discuss your requirements. MAKE AN ENQUIRY *Additional costs may apply. You can make an enquiry about one of our tours in three ways: All information is available on our website www.travelforthearts.com. All the flights and flight-inclusive holidays in this brochure are • Call us on 020 8799 8350 financially protected by the ATOL scheme under ATOL no.2178. When you pay for a flight inclusive holiday you will be supplied with an ATOL • Email [email protected] Certificate. Please ask for it and check to ensure that everything you • Visit our website www.travelforthearts.com booked (flights, hotels and other services) is listed on it. Please see our booking conditions for further information or for more information and make a booking enquiry by going into the about financial protection and the ATOL Certificate go to: tour and completing the Booking Enquiry Form. www.atol.org.uk/ATOLCertificate If space is available on the tour of your choice you will be given a 7-day option. OPENING HOURS Our office hours are Monday – Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm. We are closed on UK public holidays. There is an answerphone and we will return any out-of-hours telephone calls on the next working day if you leave your name and telephone number. STOCKHOLM OLD TOWN opera 18TH-CENTURY OPERA IN STOCKHOLM Price from £1495 pp 8 – 11 August 2017 Tour code: STO1 This late-summer tour celebrates the baroque palace theatres of Sweden’s capital. Our first performance is Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Drottningholm Court Theatre, one of the few which still uses its original stage machinery. We then attend Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, performed by candlelight at Sweden’s oldest Rococo theatre, the Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Confidencen, and with historically informed costume and stage design. Join us for a unique insight into theatre of the 18th-century! DROTTNINGHOLM COURT THEATRE TUE 8 AUG Afternoon arrival in Stockholm and transfer to the 4-star Scandic Continental Hotel, located in the heart of the city and close EXTEND YOUR TOUR FOR OPERA IN DALHALLA to the Old Town (Gamla Stan). Welcome dinner in the hotel. The Dalhalla Opera Festival is staged in a WED 9 AUG Join your guide for a morning tour former limestone quarry in the lakelands of of Stockholm’s Old Town. We visit some of the Dalarna, and this year provides the spectacular major sights including the Cathedral, the City backdrop for a concert version of Delibes’ Lakmé, Hall, home of the Nobel Prize banquet, and the which of course includes the world-famous magnificent Royal Palace. Afternoon at leisure, Flower Duet. This production from Malmö Opera before departing by steamer in the early evening features Svetlana Moskalenko in the title role. to Drottningholm Palace where today’s Royal We can offer an extension including return travel Family have their residence. Dinner will be served from Stockholm to Dalarna, accommodation, first- in the restaurant at Drottningholm before the category ticket for the opera and local assistance. evening performance at the Court Theatre. DALHALLA Please ask for a quote. Return to Stockholm by coach. THU 10 AUG This morning is at leisure for independent exploration of the city. In the late afternoon we transfer to the Strandvägen boulevard on the waterfront to take a boat trip to Ulriksdal, PROGRAMME FLIGHTS during which a plate of Swedish delicacies and a 9 Aug 19.30 COSÌ FAN TUTTE Mozart Inc British Airways glass of wine will be served. Evening performance D: Ivan Alexandre 8 Aug London Heathrow - dep: 11.20 arr: 14.50 at the Confidencen Theatre in Ulriksdal, after which C: Marc Minkowski Stockholm Arlanda 11 Aug Stockholm Arlanda - dep: 13.30 arr: 15.15 we transfer by coach back to the hotel. Cast: Ana Maria Labin, Serena Malfi, Robert Gleadow, Anicio Zorzi London Heathrow Flight schedules are subject to alteration. FRI 11 AUG Morning departure to Stockholm Giustiniani, Giulia Semenzato, Jean-Sébastien Bou Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request. Arlanda airport for your homeward flight. Venue: Drottningholm Court Theatre PRICE (PER PERSON) 10 Aug 19.00 ORFEO ED EURIDICE Gluck Inc DROTTNINGHOLM COURT THEATRE D: Arnold Östman Tour Price £1495 C: Arnold Östman Single room supplement £270 Cast includes: tbc Club Europe flight upgrade from £300 Venue: Ulriksdal Palace Theatre Land-only tour price £1395 Confidencen 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 dinners, one light snack, sightseeing tours as described including guides and entrance fees, first category ticket for each included performance, opera synopses, restaurant guide and city notes, the services of our local representative or tour manager. Tel: 020 8799 8350 | Email: [email protected] | www.travelforthearts.com 3 ballet THE KREMLIN BALLET FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW Price from £1780 pp 25 – 30 September 2017 Tour code: MOW1 We are delighted to return to Russia and the capital city of Moscow this autumn for the IV International Ballet Festival at the State Kremlin Palace Theatre. World stars will join The Kremlin Ballet Company in a colourful programme including La bayadère, Don Quixote and Swan Lake, while our sightseeing programme offers the chance to see the highlights of this iconic city. THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW MON 25 SEP Afternoon arrival in Moscow and WED 27 SEP Today we visit the Kremlin, the Street, followed by a tour of the richly transfer to the 5-star Metropol Hotel, centrally walled fortress dating back to the city’s founding decorated Metro stations on the way back located in the city and 15 minutes’ walk to the in the 12th century. After touring the grounds we to the hotel. Evening performance. Kremlin. A welcome dinner will be served in a enter one of the cathedrals within the grounds FRI 29 SEP This morning we visit the Tretyakov local restaurant. and visit the Armoury which houses many of the Gallery to see its comprehensive collection of imperial treasures, including several priceless TUE 26 SEP Join your guide for a city tour masterpieces of Russian art spanning the 11th Fabergè eggs. Afternoon and evening at leisure. of Moscow, including a visit to the magnificent to 20th centuries. From sacred icons to Russian Christ the Saviour Cathedral topped by copper THU 28 SEP Full day excursion from the city realism, symbolism, impressionism and art domes. The Cathedral was designed by centre to Kolomenskoe, a former summer nouveau are all richly represented. Afternoon St Petersburg architect Konstantin Ton, who residence for the Grand Dukes of Moscow and at leisure. An early farewell dinner will be was also responsible for the Grand Kremlin Palace the Russian Tsars. We tour the estate, which is served in a local restaurant before the final and the Kremlin Armoury. We walk across Red located in the southern part of Moscow, and visit evening performance. Square and visit the famous GUM department the reconstructed wooden palace of Tsar Alexei, SAT 30 SEP Morning at leisure before the transfer store with time for an independent lunch. a beautiful example of Russian architecture to Moscow airport for your homeward flight. Afternoon at leisure before the first early evening of the XVII century. We return to the city for an performance at the State Kremlin Palace Theatre. independent lunch in the pedestrianised Arbat DON QUIXOTE PROGRAMME AT THE STATE KREMLIN PALACE FLIGHTS 26 Sep 19.00 LA BAYADÈRE Inc British Airways Music: Minkus 25 Sep London Heathrow - Moscow dep: 10.55 arr: 16.50 Choreography: Andris Liepa, 30 Sep Moscow - London Heathrow dep: 16.05 arr: 18.00 with fragments by Ponomarev, Flight schedules are subject to alteration. Chabukiani and Zubkovsky Flights from other UK airports can be arranged on request.