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Italian Language Course and Opera Holiday in Verona, Italy

months available

June, July, August

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Description

Italian Language Course and Opera Holiday (21 hours per week) in Verona, Italy.  Verona is one of the most beautiful and fascinating cities in Italy, beign an ideal location to study Italian Language and Culture. For many years this school has been offering specialized opera courses, in collaboration with the Fondazione Arena di Verona. These courses are designed for both professional and student lyrical singers with Italian repertoires.

Lessons are given by the musical team of Maestro Fabio Fapanni, who is the Musical Stage Director of the Fondazione Arena di Verona, and the teaching staff of the school. Teachers will improve students' pronunciation and intonation and thus provide an invaluable enhancement of the interpretation of Italian opera scores.

This Italian and Opera course offers an intensive learning programme as follows:
 
Mornings: Italian language grammar, syntax and conversation in a group according to your level (09.30 to 13.00)

Afternoons: Lessons on the correct technical pronunciation and intonation of opera lyrics (two lessons per week of Diction and two lessons per week of Coaching)

During the course students will have the opportunity to join other students and take cultural excursions on Wednesday afternoons. Also, students will have the possibility to attend rehearsals and perfomances during the Opera season of the Arena (from June to August).

Students who have attained a high level of comprehension will be given the opportunity to hold a group concert in one of Verona's historic sites which commonly host these types of perfomances.

L'Arena During the Centuries Verona's classical Roman amphitheatre, L'Arena, is rich in tradition, hosting one of Europe's most prestigious open air opera festivals. It attracts tourists and devotees from all over the world. For decades, the operas, concerts, and ballets performed there have brought luminous artistic talents such as Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Mario Del Monaco, Carla Fracci, Franco Corelli, Renata Tebaldi, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, and many others to its stage.

Constructed early in the 1st century A.D., it was built in elliptical form with an original capacity of thirty thousand spectators. The first opera performance at L'Arena was at the inauguration of Verona's opera festival on August 10, 1913, when "Aida", by Guiseppe Verdi, was chosen to celebrate his 100th birthday. During the 20th century, operas, ballets, gala concerts and also jazz, pop and rock music have been performed at L'Arena.

Summary Info
Lesson Length - 60
Class Times - Morning classes consist of Italian language grammar, syntax and conversation. Afternoon classes focuses on the technically correct pronunciation and intonation of operatic lyrics.
Testing Methods - On first day
Age Range - 18 to 100
Maximum Class Size - 12
Nearest Airport - Verona-Villafranca airport
Extra Facilities  - A music and piano room, a video room

The School
The school was founded in 1998 and is located in historic Verona's ancient centre, footsteps away from such landmarks as the 2nd century Roman amphitheatre, L'Arena, the main square of Piazza Bra, and the the 14th century Scaligeri Castle. Despite its central location, the school still provides a very peaceful environment, which is both conducive and necessary to the learning process. Teachers are all of Italian mother tongue, graduated and highly qualified to teach Italian as a foreign language. Courses begin every four weeks all year round and generally last four weeks, but consecutive participation in more than one course is possible and encouraged. We also offer courses for 2 or 3 weeks, these courses beginnig the same day as 4-week course. Classes have a maximum of 12 students.

Important Information - Classes with less than four students will be reduced by one hour each morning (totalling 20 hours weekly).

Airport transfers can be booked through Cactus but are paid for locally once you arrive.

Please note that we do not provide accommodation in this destination, however, you can book accommodation directly with the school once the language course has been booked, or you can make your own arrangements. Please ask us for further information and prices.

Best Time to Go - Cold winters; warm, wet summers.

Accreditations - The certification UNI EN ISO 9001/2000, an international certification recognized all around the world and awarded only to institutions offering the highest standards of structure and service.

Activities - The school offers a wide variety of other courses (supplement courses) and workshops in cultural, artistic, and traditional crafts. These activities are conducted in the afternoons and provide for special interests such as Commercial Italian, Italian literature, art, music and opera. Courses are also available in regional cuisine and wines. Italian art history lessons are developed additionally through excursions, which are attended by an art teacher. The art workshops are held for fresco, watercolour, and oil painting. The school also offers students a large selection of recreational activities. Excursions, concerts, guided tours, parties and much more are available. On two weekends during each course period the school organizes an additional optional excursion to visit one of the many cultural or natural resources of the northern region, such as Venice, Padua, Mantua, Bologna, Trento, Lake Garda, and more. By special arrangement students may be able to take part in numerous sports activities including tennis, swimming, golf, football, windsurfing.

Airport Transfer Options - Verona-Villafranca airport - £0.00

Length (Weeks): 1 - 8

Price: Course Only - From £569

About Cactus
Cactus is an award-winning company and one of the world's leading providers of language travel abroad and tailor-made language training. Established in 1998 in Brighton's North Laine (See Map), we are proud to offer language courses in over 25 languages, and in some 45 countries and 150 destinations, worldwide.  At Cactus we are passionate about languages and lifelong learning and, as well as speaking some 12 languages between us, have personally visited all the locations we send our clients - often taking the language courses ourselves! This means we are consistently able to offer you, our clients, the highest levels of customer service, good value and enjoyment. And, unlike our competitors, there are no hidden costs as all registration fees and course materials are included in our prices.

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