With summer comes outdoor festivals and celebrations of life around the world. Not only the traditional music and theatre we expect, but also the living festivals and events that mark a culture's seasonal cycles. This month, we feature a selection of tour hosts who offer the best in entertaini...
In magical venues along the stunning coastline south of Naples, the Amalfi Coast Music Festival and Institute will celebrate its 11th year this July with a wide range of offerings. From cliff side stages cantilevered out over the sea (unforgettable with a full moon sparkling a path across the water), to lush flowering gardens of villas, to awe-inspiring cathedrals, the choice venues will...
Great performing arts centers are not always formal opera halls, theaters with crystal chandeliers, or even Roman forums with magnificent acoustics. In Asia, many of the most colorful festivals occur high on barren mountain plateaus, in tiny medieval-looking villages, or even next to verdant green rice paddies.
A wonderful way to see how people with cultures...
"There are artists who sometimes may reach the heavens with their work; Mozart however, well he comes from there (the heavens), he comes from there” – a quote by Josef Kripps, a famous Austrian famous conductor.
We know that Mozart (baptized as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Teophilus) traveled extensively as a child and as grown-up –...
As Principal Pianist for the Vancouver Symphony my first love is classical music but since hearing Astor Piazzolla in 1988, my passion has been Argentine Tango. In 1999, I made my first pilgrimage to Buenos Aires, where I spent my days researching the tango repertoire and the nights exploring the city’s tango clubs. I’ve returned many times since,...
The National Arts Centre (NAC) raised its curtains for the first time in 1969, to become Canada’s foremost showcase for the performing arts. Today, the NAC works with thousands of artists, both emerging and established, from across Canada and around the world, and collaborates with dozens of other arts organizations across the country. The NAC is strongly committed to...
Any opera lover must go to Italy at least once in their life. You must experience the passion and drama of opera where it all started and where the very language lends itself to singing. Small towns can look like opera sets in themselves with their own opera house and their own Via or Piazza G. Verdi, G. Puccini, G. Rossini, V. Bellini.
Mangueira! The shout rose toward us through the dense crowd of Cariocas spilling over the sidewalk and into the street parade. My friend Michael and I were in the middle of it, being swept up by the tide of people in the Ipanema district of Rio, enjoying the city’s world-famous Carnival.
Every year thousands of visitors are drawn to Canada’s Maritime Provinces by the regions scenic beauty, rich history, succulent seafood and the outgoing friendliness of the people. Less well known are the numerous world-renowned music festivals happening all summer long which give the culture lover one more reason to head to the East Coast of Canada.
"All the music in Orkney's St Magnus Festival is touched by magic...”
Amanda Holloway, The Independent Wednesday 29 June 2005
“It was very much a question of relating it to experience,” he says. “I remember writing my very first piece which was called Morning Echoes – to do with...
For the media to present a story, it must be r-e-a-l-l-y entertaining. Often the truth is embellished or the sensational is emphasized. But with Papua New Guinea’s Cultural Festivals there’s no need to exaggerate – these cultural pow wows are what The Chicago Tribune rightfully calls “one of the 12 travel wonders of the world.” Those who...
Prague is one of the great music cities of the world. With a population of around 1.3 million there are three opera houses, numerous concert venues and a wealth of orchestras and chamber music ensembles as well as great soloists. As you walk the streets you pass churches and concert halls advertising today’s concert, musicians on their way to concerts,...
Come and see the land of Valhalla and fairy tales, which inspired Wagner to write some of his most famous operas. Join a Dane -The owner of European Opera Tours in her hometown Copenhagen and experience the new Royal Danish Opera’s production of Richard...
