Glyndebourne Performances for schools

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Performances for Schools The Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent 9 & 10 December 2014

An alternative Christmas trip: World-class opera for Year 7 upwards La traviata

Tuesday 9 December, 7.15pm | Wednesday 10 December, 7.15pm

ALL TICKETS £5

We believe opera can transform lives.

That’s why, over the past seven years, Glyndebourne has welcomed thousands of students to The Regent Theatre for their first taste of opera. With all the emotion, spectacle and quality of a Glyndebourne production, full-length and fully staged, it’s an experience like no other.

This year we are offering schools priority access to a limited number of tickets for two evening performances of Verdi’s La traviata – one of the most popular operas of all time.

Find out more about the opera in the adjacent pages, along with information on how to secure your tickets ahead of the general public.

OPERA IS FOR EVERYONE Opera is the only art form that has it all: music, movement, drama and design. It’s full of immense technical skill, crafted with precision and passion.

Brilliant as a source of inspiration and learning for those studying performing arts, design and technology, the themes of the operas and experience of going to the theatre can also be the starting point for projects reaching across the curriculum.

LESSONS THAT LAST MORE THAN A DAY We hope your Performance for Schools experience lasts beyond your time at Glyndebourne and we are committed to helping you extend learning into the classroom, both before and after your visit.

From the beginning of September, on our website you’ll find a number of resources and tailored information about the operas, created by our award-winning education team. Designed to help teachers prepare students for their visit to the theatre, they also include suggested activities to enhance their understanding.

IF YOU’VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE At glyndebourne.com/schools you’ll find a short film including students and teachers talking about their Performance for Schools experience.

Keep up-to-date and join the conversation with Glyndebourne on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Pinterest and YouTube.

One of the most popular operas of all time The story of La traviata (The Fallen One) can be told in 14 words; boy loves girl, boy’s father disapproves, boy and girl split, girl dies of TB. The point is, why does Dad disapprove?

And the answer to that takes us straight into 19th century Paris and the heady world of the demi-monde.

The demi-monde (the half world) was full of rich young men (like Alfredo the hero) and their mistresses (Violetta, the heroine). It looked glamorous but the trouble was the men were free, they could flirt with the women and return to respectable society, but the women were not. They were fallen, unrespectable,

trapped in the half world. No wonder Alfredo’s father (Germont) rushes up to town to stop his son’s affair.

Verdi knew this world very well, his own mistress had had one lover too many and he suffered deeply from the Germonts of this world. Yet he wrote this opera, passionate and angry in places, but full of sympathy for Alfredo, Violetta and Germont. All three characters are in an impossible situation, made worse by Violetta’s terminal illness, and the result is a show that moves from young love to young death, taking in the great human emotions on the way – love, compassion, despair and forgiveness.

La traviata

G I U S EP P E VER D I A NEW PRODUCTION FROM THE 2014 FESTIVAL

Sung in Italian with English supertitles Conductor...................................Jeremy Bines Director......................................... Tom Cairns Designer.......................... Hildegard Bechtler Choreographer ............................Aletta Collins Lighting Designer ������������������Peter Mumford The Glyndebourne Tour Orchestra The Glyndebourne Chorus glyndebourne.com/tour14traviata

CAST INCLUDES

Violetta Valéry....................Irina Dubrovskaya Alfredo Germont �����������������Zach Borichevsky Giorgio Germont ������������������������� Evez Abdulla Baron Douphol ������������������������������ Eddie Wade Flora Bervoix ����������������������������Lauren Easton

The performance lasts approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes, including one interval of 20 minutes.

TOUR 2014 | PER FOR M ANC ES FOR SC HOOLS

Kick-off (1942) by Erwin Blumenfeld. © The estate of Erwin Blumenfeld. Reproduced with permission.

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TUE 9 & WED 10 DECEMBER, 7.15PM

ALL TICKETS

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What teachers said about Performances for Schools... ‘ What was important about this production was that it was of the highest quality so that students had the experience of visiting a fully professional opera rather than a cut down performance or one from a semi-professional company.’

‘ Just a fantastic opportunity for our students… the money for the tickets was a stretch to find for many people but we all felt it was so worth it.

Just keep doing it!’

‘ Thank you very much.

Another memorable and fantastic experience which we thoroughly enjoyed.’ ‘ I consider the chance for our children to see worldclass performances in a genre they might not have any previous knowledge of as fantastic... the sublime experience of visiting the opera, is something the children remember for far longer than any music or drama lesson that I could deliver.’

Thinking through logistics or the educational benefits? If you’re interested in Performances for Schools but would like to chat to other teachers who’ve been before, please let Glyndebourne’s education team know – we’ll help put you in touch with those who might be able to answer your questions. Email education@glyndebourne.com

How to book La traviata Tuesday 9 December 2014, 7.15pm Wednesday 10 December 2014, 7.15pm

ALL TICKETS £5

Schools have priority access (ahead of the general public) to a limited number of tickets for both performances. Tickets are sold on a first come, first served basis – for the best seats, book early.

Plan your visit to The Regent Theatre

The Regent Theatre, Piccadilly, Cultural Quarter, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 1AT atgtickets.com/stoke The Regent Theatre is easily accessible from M6 junctions 15 and 16, and from the A50. Once you enter the city follow signs for the ‘Cultural Quarter’ and then to the ‘Theatres’.

A free map is available from the Regent Theatre Box Office on 0844 871 7649.

Glyndebourne’s Performances for Schools are supported by Arts Council England, with additional funding from The Kowitz Family Foundation and two anonymous donors through Glyndebourne’s New Generation Programme.

All information in this brochure is correct at the time of going to press. Some cast and/or creative teams may change before or during the run of any opera due to unforeseen circumstances. All changes will be correct on our website at all times.

Please telephone The Regent Theatre on the dedicated Performances for Schools number 01782 211 285 to secure your tickets.

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