BERLIN TO BAVARIA A MUSICAL JOURNEY MAY 6-22, 2019 TOUR LEADER: ROSAMUND BARTLETT

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1 BERLIN TO BAVARIA A MUSICAL JOURNEY MAY 6-22, 2019 TOUR LEADER: ROSAMUND BARTLETT

2 BERLIN TO BAVARIA A MUSICAL JOURNEY Tour dates: May 6-22, 2018 Tour leader: Rosamund Bartlett Tour Price: $11,975 per person, twin share Single Supplement: $2,870 for sole use of double room Booking deposit: $500 per person Recommended airline: Singapore, Cathay, Etihad or Emirates Maximum places: 20 Itinerary: Berlin (5 nights), Leipzig (2 nights), Dresden (3 nights), Frankfurt (3 nights), Munich (3 nights) Date published: August 10, 2019 Overview Music lies at the heart of German culture, and no other country today can offer lovers of orchestral and vocal music an experience of such consistently high quality. Academy Travel s annual musical pilgrimage to Germany is based, as always, on an outstanding line-up of eight performances by some of the world s leading orchestras at first-class opera houses and uncovers the history of musical patronage in Germany. Gain a deep appreciation of the country s musical genius as well as its modern revival, with long stays in major centres of musical excellence, background talks and musically-themed sightseeing. This 16-day tour visits Germany s major music capitals where many of the great composer,s including Bach, Mendelssohn List and Schumann, lived and worked. Commencing with five nights in Berlin, we attend two operas and a concert performance by the famed Berlin Philharmoniker and experience the city s great art museums with day trips to Charlottenberg and Potsdam. We then travel to Leipzig and Dresden for performances at the Gewandhaus and Semperoper with visits to the Bach and Mendelssohn Museums. Continue to Frankfurt via Beyrueth, home to Wagner and Liszt, and attend a performance at Frankfurt Oper. The tour concludes in Munich with two performances at the National Theatre including a ballet and visits to galleries and the palace and gardens at Nymphenburg. Your tour leader Rosamund Bartlett is a cultural historian with a particular interest in European Modernism, and in opera. She completed her doctorate at Oxford and pursued an academic career for 15 years before becoming a full-time writer and translator. During this time, she served on the Council of the Royal Musical Association and organised several international music conferences which included collaborations with the University Musical Society in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Borodin String Quartet, and Oxford Contemporary Music. She maintains an active scholarly profile and is currently an Honorary Associate in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sydney. Her opera research has been supported by the British Academy and a Fernand Braudel Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence. Enquiries and bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on or (outside Sydney) or jamal@academytravel.com.au She is the author and editor of several books, including Wagner and Russia, and Shostakovich in Context. As well as contributing to publications such as the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, she has written articles for the Royal Opera House, La Monnaie and Opera Australia. She has taken part in broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and been asked to give pre-concert talks including for the Proms, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Oxford Lieder Festival. In 2017 she was commissioned to translate the original libretto of Shostakovich s Lady Macbeth for the Salzburg Festival. She speaks several languages and has been travelling to Germany since she was a teenager, when she was an exchange student in Munich. She has extensive experience leading tours throughout Europe.

3 Performance Program Eight performances of Opera, Orchestral music and ballet are included, in Germany s most celebrated music venues BERLIN Rossini s much-loved opera Il Barbiere Di Siviglia at the Staatsoper unter den Linden The season final performance of Wagner s Fliegender Hollander featured as part of Deutsche Oper s Wagner festival week A concert performance by the legendary Berlin Philharmonic of Mozart and Bruckner with Bernard Haitink conducting LEIPZIG A symphony by the acclaimed Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under the musical leadership of Andris Nelsons DRESDEN Puccini s Tosca at the magnificent Semperoper FRANKFURT Oper Frankfurt s new production of Handel s Rodelinda featuring Andreas Scholl as Bertarido MUNICH Christian Spuck s complex adaptation of Rachmaninov s ballet, Anna Karenina based on Tolstoy s novel danced by the Bavarian State Ballet Verdi s opulent opera, Un Ballo Maschera at the National Theatre

4 Detailed itinerary Included meals are shown with the symbols B, L and D. Tour start & finish time The tour begins at 6.00pm in Berlin on Monday 6 May, at The Westin Grand Hotel. The tour ends after breakfast in Munich on Wednesday 22 May. Monday 6 May Arrive The tour commences at the hotel in Berlin at 6pm. Meet your tour leader and fellow travellers in the lobby of the hotel for introductions and drinks followed by dinner in the hotel. Overnight Berlin (D) Above: Norman Foster s gleaming mirrored cone acts as a lighthouse in reverse directing natural into the Bundestag chamber Below: Caravaggio s, Amor Vincit Omni (Love conquers all) forms part of the Gemäldegalerie s European collection Tuesday 7 May Welcome to Berlin This morning there is an orientation tour taking in the sights of Berlin by coach and on foot concluding at the Reichstag building. We ascend the Norman Foster designed dome directly above the debating chamber and enjoy a welcome lunch on the rooftop with views over the city. In the afternoon we visit the stunning Gemäldegalerie. Assembled in the early 19th century, the gallery s collection represents all the major schools of European painting and includes masterpieces by Botticelli, Raphael, Caravaggio, Breughel, Vermeer and Rembrandt. Overnight Berlin (B, L) Wednesday 8 May Museum Island The Barber of Seville On the site of one of Berlin's two original settlements, this unique complex of five state museums is a UNESCO World Heritage site and a must-visit in Berlin. Today we visit the Altes Museum, which houses an impressive collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Bode Museum s large collection of sculpture. The afternoon is free to visit the remaining Museums. This evening we attend a performance at the Staatsoper unter den Linden of Rossini s comedic opera, Il Barbiere Di Siviglia. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Staatsoper unter den Linden Program: Rossini s Il Barbiere Di Siviglia Performers: Michele Angelini (Almaviva), Renato Girolami (Bartolo), Annalisa Stroppa (Rosalina), Jan Martiník (Don Basilio), Stefano Ranzani (musical director)

5 Thursday 9 May Charlottenberg The Flying Dutchman We depart by coach to Charlottenburg, where we visit the Berggruen Museum with its exceptional collection of modern art including works by Matisse, Klee and Giacometti. After lunch we take a guided tour of the richly decorated interiors of the Palace of Charlottenburg, constructed between 1695 and 1713 as a summer home for Sophie Charlotte, wife of Elector Friedrich III of Prussia. We return to Berlin and attend a performance this evening at the Deutsche Oper of Wagner s romantic opera, Fliegender Hollander staged as part of Wagner Festival week. Overnight Berlin (B, L) Venue: Deutsche Oper Program: Wagner s Fliegender Hollander Performers: Falk Struckmann (Daland), Catherine Foster (Senta), Thomas Blondelle (Erik), Iain Patterson (The Dutchman), Axel Kober (conductor) Friday 10 May Potsdam & Sanssouci Berlin Philharmonic Today we travel to nearby Potsdam, to investigate court life at the time of Frederick the Great. Potsdam was the capital of the state of Brandenburg and a former royal city. We visit the splendid rococo palace of Sanssouci, which Frederick made his main residence. We return to Berlin with time to refresh before this evening s concert performance by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Overnight Berlin (B) Venue: Berlin Philharmonic Program: Mozart s Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 27 & Bruckner s Symphony No. 7 Performers: Paul Lewis (piano), Bernard Haitink (conductor) Above: the beautiful rococo palace at Charlottenburg named after Sophie Charlotte, Queen Consort of Prussia; the Musical Instruments Museum in Leipzig Below: Bernard Haitink conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Saturday 11 May To Leipzig This morning we depart for Leipzig. On arrival we visit the Thomaskirche where J.S Bach worked and the adjoining Bach Museum, celebrating the composer s life and legacy and housing a display of his original manuscripts. We also visit St Nicholas church, the oldest in Leipzig dating from The church played a key role in the nonviolent downfall of the East German government by hosting weekly peace prayers followed by candlelight demonstrations. This afternoon, we visit the Musical Instruments Museum to see its large collection of musical paraphernalia and instruments from Europe and beyond, dating back to the Renaissance. Dinner this evening is at Auerbachs Kellar, frequented by Goethe and immortalised in Faust. Overnight Leipzig (B, D)

6 Sunday 12 May Mendelssohn museum Gewandhaus concert A leisurely stroll takes us to the Gewandhaus for a morning concert conducted by Andris Nelsons in the great hall, noted for its fine acoustics. Following the performance, we visit the house where Felix Mendelssohn lived from 1845 until his death in Now a museum, we visit the carefully restored apartment furnished in late Biedermeier style and see his music salon which is still in use for concerts today. This afternoon we take a guided tour of the Museum of Fine Arts. Overnight Leipzig (B) Venue: Gewandhaus Great Hall Program: Bruckner s Symphony No 5 Performers: Gewandhaus Orchestra, Andris Nelsons (conductor) Above: the steeply sloping terrace style seating at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig allows for an optimal view of the stage from every seat Below: the Frauenkirche in Dresden stands as a great symbol of resurrection for the city Monday 13 May To Dresden This morning we travel to Meissen, on the banks of the Elbe where we embark on a walking tour through the town s Renaissance architecture and stop for lunch at a local restaurant. Arriving in Dresden this afternoon we check into our hotel before visiting both the historic and new Green Vaults, located in Dresden Castle. The Vault was established in 1723 by King August II, and contains about 3,000 antiquities, precious stones, jewellery, rare Indian sculptures, and some outstanding porcelain. Overnight Dresden (B, L, D) Tuesday 14 May Dresden Our touring begins with the Old Masters Gallery, located in the Zwinger Palace and containing European works from the Renaissance to the 18th century. We continue to the Frauenkirche, the monumental 18th-century church destroyed in the devastating air raids of World War II, restored and reopened in We also visit Dresden Cathedral to see the rococo pulpit and carefully restored organ, originally built by Gottfried Silbermann and considered his finest work. This afternoon we visit the New Masters Gallery at the Albertinum to view the Caspar David Friedrich collection and the works of the 20th-century Dresden-based Brucke Group of expressionist artists. Overnight Dresden (B) Wednesday 15 May Pillnitz Palace Tosca Today we visit the extraordinary ensemble of architecture and landscape gardening that makes up Pillnitz Palace on the outskirts of the city. Built by August the Strong as a Water Palace, Pillnitz has extensive gardens, water features and many Chinese architectural features in its buildings. The

7 afternoon is free before we head to the Semperoper for a performance of Puccini s war drama Tosca. Overnight Dresden (B) Venue: Semper Oper Program: Puccini s Tosca Performers: Hui Te (Floria Tosca), Andeka Gorrotxategi (Mario Cavaradossi), John Lundgren (Baron Scarpia), Chao Deng (Cesare Agnelotti), Matthias Henneberg (Der Mesner), Tom Martinsen (Spoletta), Stefano Ranzani (conductor) Thursday 16 May Beyrueth Today we travel to Bayreuth, an elegant provincial city where Wagner chose to build his Festspielhaus, a theatre specifically designed to house his great music dramas. We visit Wahnfried, the villa built for him by King Ludwig, also known as the Richard Wagner Museum and the nearby Liszt Museum where the composer died in We continue to Frankfurt, arriving in the early evening. Overnight Frankfurt (B, D) Friday 17 May Historic Frankfurt Rodelinda This morning a local guide takes us on a walking tour through the historic centre of Frankfurt where we visit Goethe s birth house. Frankfurt has enjoyed a significant cultural renaissance in the last years which we will observe on our walk. The afternoon is free before a performance of Handel s electrifying drama Rodelinda at the Oper Frankfurt. Overnight Frankfurt (B) Venue: Oper Frankfurt Program: Handel s Rodelinda Performers: Lucy Crowe (Rodelinda), Andreas Scholl (Bertarido), Martin Mitterruzner (Grimoaldo), Katharina Magiera (Eduige), Jakub Józef Orliński (Unulfo), Božidar Smiljanić (Garibaldo), Fabián Augusto Goméz (Flavio), Andrea Marcon (conductor) Above: a production of Tosca at the Semper Oper; counter tenor Andreas Scholl sings the role of Bertarido in Oper Frankfurt s production of Handel s Rodelinda Below: take in the scenery onboard a cruise down the Rhine Saturday 18 May Rhine Cruise Today we explore Frankfurt s excellent Städel art museum housing over 700 years of European art from the Renaissance to early modern works. We then head out of Frankfurt to the wine village of Rüdesheim where we embark on a cruise along one of the most scenic sections of the Rhine, the so-called Romantic Rhine. Enjoy lunch on board as we pass the famous Lorelei Rock, the mythical home of the Rhine siren who was said to lure sailors to their death. Poems based on the legend were set to music by several of the leading Romantic composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt. Overnight Frankfurt (B, L)

8 Sunday 19 May To Munich Anna Karenina Departing Frankfurt we head to the medieval town of Rothenburg on the Romantic Road. We take a walking tour through the cobbled lanes and tall timbered houses of the walled city. After free time for lunch we continue to Munich where we attend a performance of Rachmaninov s ballet, Anna Karenina at the National Theatre this evening. Overnight Munich (B) Venue: National Theatre Program: Rachmaninov s Anna Karenina Performers: Artists of the Bayerisches Staatsballett, Christian Spuck (Choreographer) Monday 20 May Munich This morning we explore Munich with a guided walking tour through the city centre. In the afternoon we travel a short distance to Nymphenburg, summer residence of the Bavarian monarchs and visit the commanding baroque palace and expansive landscaped gardens. Overnight Munich (B) Tuesday 21 May Art in Munich A Masked Ball In the middle of the 19th century, Munich was one of the most important art centres in Europe, and in the 1880s, Lenbach was one of the most famous artists in Germany. Today Lenbachhaus is home to the stunning collection of art from the early 20thcentury Der Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group: Kandinsky, Klee, Jawlensky, Macke, Marc, and Münter. We continue to the Alte Pinakothek which holds one of the most significant art collections in the world. Among the European masterpieces on view are paintings by Dürer, Titian, Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens and Murillo. Our touring concludes with a farewell lunch at a well-known Munich restaurant. We return to the National Theatre this evening for the Bayerisches Staatsoper s new production of Verdi s dramatic Opera, Un Ballo in Maschera. (B, L) Venue: National Theatre Program: Verdi s Un Ballo in Maschera Performers: Wookyung Kim (Ricardo), George Petean (Renato), Adrianne Pieczonka (Amelia), Okka von der Damerau (Ulrica), Paolo Carignani (conductor) Wednesday 22 May Departure The tour ends after breakfast. Transfers have been arranged to Munich Airport for passengers booking their flights through Academy Travel. (B) Above: the delightful medieval town of Rothenberg on the Romantic Road Below: we enjoy two great performances at the historic National Theatre in Munich Hotels Berlin, The Westin Grand (5 nights) Leipzig, Steigenberger Grandhotel Handelshof (2 nights) Dresden, Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe (3 nights) Frankfurt, Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof (3 nights) Munich, Hotel Torbraeu (3 nights)

9 Tour Price The tour price is $11,975 per person, twin share (land content only). The supplement for a single room is $2,870 per person. A non-refundable deposit of $500 per person is required to secure a place on the tour. Tour Inclusions Included in the tour price All accommodation in selected 4-star hotels Breakfasts daily, plus meals as noted in the itinerary Land travel by air-conditioned coach Best available tickets to the performances listed Extensive tour notes Background talks Services of a tour leader and tour manager throughout All entrance fees to sites mentioned on itinerary Qualified local guides where appropriate Porterage of one piece of luggage at all hotels Tips for all services included in the itinerary Not included International air fares, taxes and surcharges (see below) Travel insurance Meals not mentioned in itinerary Expenses of a personal nature Air travel OPTIONS The tour price quoted is for land content only. For this tour we recommend Qatar Airlines which offer flights into Berlin and out of Munich from most Australian cities. Please contact us for further information on competitive Economy, Business or First-Class airfares. Enquiries & bookings For further information and to secure a place on this tour please contact Jamal Fairbrother at Academy Travel on or (outside Sydney) or jamal@academytravel.com.au Weather on Tour May is a pleasant time to travel in Germany with spring temperatures ranging on average from the low 20s, dropping to C at night. However, you should pack for a few days which are cooler than this, as well as a few warmer ones. It is reasonable to expect rain at this time of year, though not enough to disrupt our program. Fitness Requirements of THIS tour GRADE TWO It is important both for you and for your fellow travellers that you are fit enough to be able to enjoy all the activities on this tour. To give you an indication of the level of physical fitness required to participate on our tours, we have given them a star grading. Academy Travel s tours tend to feature extended walking tours and site visits, which require greater fitness than coach touring. We ask you to carefully consider your ability to meet the physical demands of the tour. Participation criteria for this tour This Grade Two tour is designed for people who lead active lives and can comfortably participate in up to five hours of physical activity per day on most days, including longer walking tours, challenging archaeological sites, climbing stairs, embarking and disembarking trains and/or boats, and a more demanding tour schedule with one night stops or several internal flights. You should be able to: keep up with the group at all times walk for 4-5 kilometres at a moderate pace with only short breaks stand for a reasonable length of time in galleries and museums tolerate uncomfortable climatic conditions such as cold, humidity and heat walk up and down slopes negotiate steps and slopes on archaeological sites, which are often uneven and unstable get on and off a large coach with steep stairs, train or boat unassisted, possibly with luggage move your luggage a short distance if required A note for older travellers If you are more than 80 years old, or have restricted mobility, it is highly likely that you will find this itinerary challenging. You will have to miss several activities and will not get the full value of the tour. Your booking will not be accepted until after you have contacted Academy Travel to discuss your situation and the exact physical requirements of this tour. While we will do our best to reasonably accommodate the physical needs of all group members, we reserve the right to refuse bookings if we feel that the requirements of the tour are too demanding for you and/or if local conditions mean we cannot reasonably accommodate your condition.

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