OPERA IN NORTHERN ITALY TURIN, MILAN, PARMA, VENICE & FLORENCE

MARCH 15-29, 2020 TOUR LEADER: ROYNA MCNAMARA

Overview Opera is an iconic Italian art form, and where better to enjoy it than the place of its birth? This 15-day tour takes you from Turin to Florence and includes eight performances at world-famous opera houses – La Scala in Milan, La Fenice in Venice, the Teatro Regio in Turin and Florence’s Teatro del Maggio Musicale. The performance program is complemented by visits to the places where the composers lived and worked, allowing you to appreciate the history, and the personalities, behind the music. The first part of our journey takes us across northern Italy from Turin to Venice. This region has an extraordinarily rich musical heritage attracting both Italian and international composers across the centuries. As well as performances, we visit the places where composers including Rossini, Bellini, Puccini, Verdi, Liszt and Wagner lived, worked and died. Accompanying the musical heritage is of course a rich artistic legacy and some of Europe’s finest scenery, from Lake Como to the Venetian Lagoon. The last leg of the itinerary crosses the Apennines and into Tuscany. In the great Renaissance city of Florence, we attend two performances at the ‘Maggio Musicale’ theatre, named after the city’s annual music festival. Centrally located four-star hotels, many meals, tipping and best-available tickets to performances are all included. Walking tours and museum visits with an emphasis on music round out the program. Pre-performance talks will enhance your understanding and enjoyment.

Your tour leader Royna McNamara is a musician, educator & conductor. She has a passion for travel and has spent extended periods of time working and travelling in Spain and Italy. Royna holds a B Mus Ed from the Conservatorium of Music, and a Masters of Education from the University of Sydney. where she was awarded a scholarship to study Music Performance Practices. For twenty years, Royna was the Director of Music at Abbotsleigh and continues to use her expertise in Music Education for the

NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) and the NSW Association of Independent Schools, where she is currently the Convenor for Music Professional Learning. She has also worked as a session lecturer in Music at UNSW and the University of Sydney.

She has conducted numerous concerti with some of Sydney’s leading musicians, including Clemens Leske, Joshua Tsai and Simon Tedeschi. Royna has led numerous tours, including our 2019 Italian Summer Music Festivals.

“Royna is an excellent tour leader. Her knowledge and passion for music, made the tour an outstanding experience.” – Feedback from Royna’s recent Italian Summer Music Festivals tour, in July 2019.

OPERA IN NORTHERN ITALY Tour dates: March 15-29, 2020

Tour leader: Royna McNamara

Tour Price: $10,630 per person, twin share

Single Supplement: $1,800 for sole use of double room

Booking deposit: $500 per person

Recommended airline: Singapore Airlines, Emirates or Qatar Airways

Maximum places: 20

Itinerary: Turin (3 nights), Milan (3 nights), Parma (2 nights) Venice (3 nights), Florence (3 nights)

Date published: September 25, 2019

Enquiries and bookings

For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email jamal@academytravel.com.au

Performance Program We are delighted by the line-up of performances. Appropriately for this tour, there is a strong focus on works by Italian composers, performances are led by some renowned conductors, and several internationally famous singers appear. Venues include all of northern Italy’s leading theatres: Teatro Regio in Turin, La Scala in Milan, the Teatro Regio in Parma, La Fenice in Venice, and the Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence.

TURIN

Puccini’s La Bohème at the Teatro Regio di Torino, with acclaimed conductor Daniel Oren

MILAN

A new production of Richard Strauss’s Salome at La Scala, conducted by music director Riccardo Chailly

Rossini’s Il turco in Italia at La Scala, with renowned soprano Rosa Feola

PARMA

Debussy’s ground-breaking Pelléas et Mélisande at the Teatro Regio

VENICE

A concert of Venetian chamber music performed by the Interpreti Veneziani A new production of Bizet’s Carmen at La Fenice, with the well-known

Spanish director Calixto Bieito making his directorial debut in Venice

FLORENCE

Francesco Micheli’s new production of Verdi’s ever-popular La Traviata at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

An exhilarating concert with legendary Maestro Zubin Mehta at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The program includes George Crumb’s Ancient Voices of Children featuring soprano Mojca Erdmann and, Bruckner’s Symphony No 7 in E major

La Fenice, Venice

Conductor Riccardo Chailly

La Traviata at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the letters B, L, D and C for canapés.

Sunday March 15 Arrival

Meet your tour leader and other group members at the arrivals hall at Milan’s Malpensa airport at 2.00pm. (If you are booking your own flights, please book a flight that lands no later than 1.00pm). There is a group transfer to our hotel in Turin, or you may choose to travel independently to the Turin hotel. In the early evening we gather for drinks and canapes at the hotel. Overnight Turin. (B, C)

Monday March 16 Explore Turin

Turin is an elegant city, whose beauty and artistic legacy is only now being fully appreciated. Fortunately, it remains off the path of mass tourism. This morning our guided tour explores the historic centre of the city, focusing on the Baroque architecture of court favourites Guarino Guarini and Filippo Juvarra. Among Italians, Turin is well known for its fine food, some of which we sample at our welcome lunch. The afternoon is at leisure but you may choose to visit the excellent royal collection of the Galleria Sabauda, which includes works by Flemish painters Jan van Eyck, Hans Memling and van Dyck, alongside Renaissance masters Duccio, Botticelli, Lippi and Fra Angelico. Overnight Turin (B)

Tuesday March 17 Teatro Regio – La Bohème

After a pre-performance talk, there will be time at leisure to explore this wonderful city. You may wish to visit the acclaimed Egyptian Museum. The museum, housing more than 30,000 artefacts, is regarded as second only to the collections in Cairo and London. This afternoon we attend the Teatro Regio, the very theatre where Puccini’s best-known work, La Bohème, had its first performance in 1896 (Puccini’s Manon Lescaut also premiered here in 1893). Overnight Turin (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro Regio di Torino Program: La Bohème - Giacomo Puccini Conductor: Daniel Oren Performers: Valentin Dytiuk (Rodolfo), Maria Teresa Leva (Mimi)

Tour start & finish time

The tour begins at 2.00pm on Sunday 15th March at the arrivals hall, Milan Malpensa airport.

The tour ends after breakfast on Sunday 29th March at Hotel Birchielli, Florence.

Above: The Turin city skyline Below: La Bohème at the Teatro Regio di Torino; and the dramatic interior of the Teatro Regio di Torino

Wednesday March 18 To Milan – Salome

We travel by private coach to Milan, a few hours from Turin. Before arriving at our hotel, we call in at the ‘Casa di Riposo’, Giuseppe Verdi’s retirement home for musicians. After purchasing the land, Verdi entrusted the project to architect Camillo Boito. On writing to his friend Giulio Monteverde, Verdi described it as the finest of his life’s works. A pre-performance talk introduces us to tonight’s thrilling opera, Richard Strauss’s Salome. Based on Oscar Wilde’s retelling of the old-testament story, Strauss sought to break away from the conventions of Italian opera, conveying harrowing psychological depths through his music. La Scala’s highly regarded music director, Riccardo Chailly, conducts the performance. The excellent cast features Swedish dramatic soprano Malin Byström in the title role and fine German baritone Michael Volle as John the Baptist. Overnight Milan. (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro alla Scala Program: Salome – Richard Strauss Conductor: Riccardo Chailly Performers: Malin Byström (Salome) Michael Volle (John the Baptist), chorus and orchestra of la Scala, Milan

Thursday March 19 La Scala Museum – Il turco in Italia

After a talk on this evening’s performance, we visit the museum of La Scala theatre. This small but delightful museum contains some wonderful memorabilia and takes you through the history of the theatre, where so many important premiers occurred. The rest of the day is free, but you might like to visit one of Milan’s leading galleries, visit a historic home or stroll the fashion district. Italian soprano Rosa Feola leads tonight’s performance of one of Rossini’s most sparkling comedies. Overnight Milan. (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro alla Scala Program: Il turco in Italia - Rossini Conductor: Diego Fasolis Performers: Alex Esposito (Selim), Rosa Feola (Donna Fiorilla)

Friday March 20 Composers on Lake Como The lake with its light and reflections has fascinated and inspired artists, writers and musicians for centuries. Franz Liszt came to Lake Como in September 1837 and, in a letter written in the first month said, ‘I know of no other place that is so manifestly blessed.’ Today we explore the lake by private launch, passing by several composers’ residences and disembarking in Bellagio, famed for its breathtaking alpine scenery. Here we stroll the impeccable grounds of the Villa Melzi, where Franz Liszt visited on several occasions, and enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. Please note that today’s excursion is weather dependent. Overnight Milan (B, L)

Above: Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and soprano Rosa Feola Below: Lake Como evokes images of beauty, glamour and tranquility which has inspired artists, writers and musicians for centuries

Saturday March 21 Le Terre di Verdi

We depart Milan for the elegant city of Parma, in the heart of the Emilia-Romagna region. Most of the day is spent around Busseto, where composer Giuseppe Verdi was born and raised, and where he returned after achieving international fame. We commence the day by visiting Verdi’s birthplace at Le Roncole, the tiny Teatro Verdi and, his villa in Sant’ Agata. The region is also famous for its food, and we experience this in a spectacular way with lunch at Antica Corte, a fortified castle since the early 14th century which houses a Michelin-starred restaurant. Overnight Parma (B, L)

Sunday March 22 Explore Parma – Pelléas et Mélisande

The Farnese family of Parma established one of the great Renaissance courts of Europe, leaving a legacy of art, architecture and theatre. This morning a local guide shows us some of this heritage on a walking tour of the city centre, including the 17th century wooden Teatro Farnese. After the tour, there will be free time before the afternoon performance at the Teatro Regio di Parma. Built in 1829 and rich in gold and stucco work, the theatre hosts an annual Verdi festival. Today’s performance of Pelléas et Mélisande will expose us to French musical modernism and is a nice counterpoint to the Salome we heard in Milan. Overnight Parma (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro Regio di Parma Program: Pelléas et Mélisande - Claude Debussy Conductor: Marco Angius Performers: Monica Bacelli (Mélisande), Phillip Addis (Pelléas)

Monday March 23 Mantua and Venice

We depart Parma, bound for Venice. The middle part of the day is spent in Mantua, another of northern Italy’s important Renaissance cities. Claudio Monteverdi, Italy’s greatest Renaissance composer and arguably the founder of modern opera, spent the early part of his career working for the dukes of Mantua, and his La favola D’Orfeo was written in Mantua in 1607. Here a guide shows us the Ducal palace (the seductive Duke of Mantua is the villain of Verdi’s Rigoletto), with masterpieces by Mantegna and other artists as well as other important sites. We continue to Venice and transfer by water taxi to our hotel. Dinner is at a simple local restaurant. Overnight Venice. (B, D)

Tuesday March 24 Wagner in Venice – Baroque chamber Music

After a talk on music in Venice, this morning we take a guided walking tour of the city ending at the Palazzo Ca’ Vendramin Calergi. Richard Wagner rented the entire piano nobile of the

Above: Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini Below: The Teatro Regio, one of the most prestigious lyric theatres in Italy; and Mantua, one of northern Italy’s most important Renaissance cities

palace in 1882 and died there in February 1883. We continue to the Frari church across the Rialto, with magnificent paintings by Titian and the tomb of Monteverdi. This evening we attend a concert of chamber music at the Chiesa di San Vidal, sampling music written at the dawn of the golden age of Italian opera. Overnight Venice. (B)

Performance details Venue: Chiesa di San Vidal Program: Baroque chamber, including works by Vivaldi Performers: Interpreti Veneziani

Wednesday March 25 Masterpieces of Venetian Art – Carmen

Today, we sample some of Venice’s immense artistic heritage, visiting three sites that remain off the mainstream tourist path: Bellini’s superb altarpiece of 1505 in the church of San Zaccaria, Carpaccio’s paintings of St George and other saints at the confraternity house of the Croatians, and the Renaissance architectural jewel of Santa Maria dei Miracoli. The afternoon is free, before a pre-performance talk in our hotel. Tonight’s opera, Carmen, is one of the best-known in the repertoire, however it is certain to be given a revitalising interpretation by Spanish director Calixto Beito. Beito is an opera director of the highest calibre, and in 2020 his new production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle premiers in Paris. La Fenice’s music director Myung-Whun Chung conducts. Overnight Venice. (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro La Fenice Program: Carmen - Bizet Performers: Varduhi Abrahamyan (Carmen), Francesco Meli (Don Josè), Alessandro Luongo (Escamillo), Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)

Thursday March 26 Bologna, to Florence

We depart Venice by private coach and travel south, towards Tuscany in central Italy. We arrive in the late morning in Bologna, where there will be time to explore the attractive centre of this university city. We will visit the cathedral and adjacent market square. If possible, we will also make a brief stop at the Teatro Comunale, Bologna’s well-regarded theatre. We continue to Florence, our final stop on the tour. Overnight Florence. (B)

Friday March 27 Strolling Florence – La Traviata

One of the most appealing features of Florence is its compact size. Visitors can take in an extraordinary range of historic and artistic sites by strolling the city, and this is exactly what we do this morning with Sydney-born Florence resident Freya Middleton, today one of the city’s best local guides. The afternoon is free before a pre-performance talk. This evening’s performance takes place in the Teatro del Maggio Musicale

Above: A view from the Accademia Bridge towards the Santa Maria della Salute on Venice’s Grand Canal Below: Carmen at Teatro La Fenice

The Turin city skyline Fiorentino. This striking contemporary theatre was opened in

2011 and is the hub of one of Italy’s oldest music festivals, the Maggio Musicale, held from April to June each year. The revival of the 2018 production of Verdi’s key mid-career work, La Traviata, is directed by Francesco Micheli, and emphasises the historical context of the work’s composition – right around the time of Italian reunification. Overnight Florence. (B)

Performance details Venue: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Program: La Traviata - Verdi Performers: To be announced, November 2019

Saturday march 28 The Uffizi – ZUBIN MEHTA

The world-famous Uffizi Galleries began as a private collection, created by the Medici family when they were Florence’s leading private citizens, and then later the Grand Dukes of Tuscany. The museum, located in the former administrative buildings (‘uffizi’) of the Florentine Republic, contain countless iconic masterpieces by Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo and others. We explore these on a guided visit this morning. We then share a farewell lunch at one of Florence’s best restaurants. This evening we return to the Teatro del Maggio Musicale for our final concert conducted by the acclaimed Zubin Mehta. Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, conducted by Arthur Nikisch premiered in Leipzig on December 30, 1884. The performance received great acclaim and marked a turning point in Bruckner’s career, casting him, at last, onto the international stage. (B, L)

Performance details Venue: Teatro del Maggio Musical Fiorentino Program: George Crumb, Ancient Voices of Children, Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 in E major Performers: Soprano, Mojca Erdmann Conductor: Zubin Mehta

Sunday March 29 Departure

Our tour concludes today. If you are departing Florence today we can organise a transfer to the airport. Keep in mind that the cost of airport transfers is included for all passengers booking their international flights and additional accommodation through Academy Travel. (B)

Hotels Hotels have been selected principally for their central location and proximity to performance venues. Turin, Grand Hotel Sitea (3 nights) Milan, Hotel Sina de la ville (3 nights) Parma, Hotel Mercure Parma Stendhal (2 nights) Venice, Hotel Al Codega (3 nights) Florence, Hotel Birchielli (3 nights)

Above: Florence’s striking Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Below: conductor Zubin Mehta; and The Duomo dominates the skyline of Florence

Tour Price The tour price is $10,630 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $1,800 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour.

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In November 2019, you will be asked to pay a second deposit of $2,000 per person to cover the cost of tickets.

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indicated by (L) or (D) in the detailed itinerary Travel during the tour by private coach All entrance fees to sights mentioned in the itinerary Qualified local guides at selected sites Background talks and tour notes All tipping to local guides, drivers and restaurants Portage of one piece of luggage at all hotels

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Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. The tour begins at Milan’s Malpensa airport and ends at our hotel in Florence. Singapore Airlines, Emirates and Qatar Airways offer direct flights into Milan and connecting flights out of Italy. Please contact us for the best possible prices on economy, business or first-class fares. Transfers between airport and hotel are included for all passengers booking their flights through Academy Travel. These may be group or individual transfers.

Enquiries & bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on 9235 0023 or 1800 639 699 (outside Sydney) or email jamal@academytravel.com.au

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Weather on Tour The weather in Italy in March is generally mild and pleasant. Expect daytime temperatures to range between 18-24 degrees. Evenings may become cooler, requiring a warmer jacket and scarf. There is a possibility of some rainfall at all five of our destinations, so a weather-proof jacket and umbrella are recommended.

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