crossculture

Opera that kids can get involved in

For our youngest audience members, Rigoletto – The Mysterious World of Theatre is on the programme this year. At the Bregenz Festspielhaus, kids discover what exciting stories the theatre has to offer, and become part of the show themselves by singing along from their seats and bringing out props that they have made.

The artists of a travelling theatre troupe come onto the stage, carrying suitcases and bags. The kids in the audience see them change into their costumes and slip into the roles of Rigoletto the court jester, Gilda the daughter he is so protective of, and the powerful Duke. Watching the show, the kids can follow the plot well and experience for themselves what the characters are feeling. Thanks to this and also to Giuseppe Verdi's thrilling music the kids will remember the event for a long time to come.

For elementary school classes and the first two years of secondary school; with preparatory workshops for teachers (29 January and 4 March 2020 at 3 p.m.)

PERFORMANCES
For families
27 May 2020 - 6.00 p.m.

For school groups:
26 May 2020 - 10.00 a.m. and 2 p.m.
27 May 2020 - 10 a.m.

Festspielhaus

DURATION 70 minutes
AGE 6-12 years
TICKET PRICE EUR 12 for school groups and Family Pass holders per person (incl. accompanying materials) | EUR 14 regular price (incl. accompanying materials for kids)

Conductor Cesare Della Sciucca
Director Manuel Renga
Set & costume designer Aurelio Colombo
Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra

A project with Aslico, Opera Domani in cooperation with the Vorarlberg Symphony Orchestra and Superar Vorarlberg

Young musicians from different countries get together in Vorarlberg to form a big symphonic wind orchestra under the direction of Martin Kerschbaum, conductor and percussionist in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. The graduation concert will take place for the fifth time at the Festspielhaus. On the playbill are pieces by Giuseppe Verdi, Arrigo Boito and Richard Wagner, whose music can also be heard in this year's festival programme.

CONCERT
16 August 2020 - 11 a.m. 
Festspielhaus

Conductor Martin Kerschbaum
Graduates of the 5th International Blasmusik Camp
Instructors from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra

DURATION 1 ½ hours (no interval)
TICKET PRICE EUR 16 until 10 August 2020, after that EUR 18, school pupils and students EUR 8

Info and registration for the 5th International Blasmusik Camp (IBC) from 11 to 16 August 2020 – please visit www.vbv-blasmusik.at

In association with the Vorarlberger Blasmusikverband (wind ensemble association) and the local broadcaster ORF Vorarlberg.

If you book one of our crossculture tours, you can look forward to some backstage insights. Production secrets both technical and artistic will be revealed and new discoveries will be made together. Free of charge for school groups, children's groups and youth groups.

25 May – 23 August 2020 (by arrangement)
Seebühne | Festspielhaus

DURATION 50 minutes
PRICE free of charge

FREE TRAVEL
School groups can use the Kulturticket Vorarlberg to travel free of charge twice a year to the institutions taking part in the project. Find out more here.

Book your tour here.

The drama education workshops directed by instructors from Opernschlüssel will help participants explore Verdi's Rigoletto. Together they will listen to musical extracts from the opera and act out key scenes in a way that also leaves room for personal interpretation.

2 - 9 July 2020
Festspielhaus | Schulen

DURATION 2 hours (by arrangement between 8 a.m. & 5 p.m.)
AGE 9 and over
PRICE EUR 6

FREE TRAVEL
School groups can use the Kulturticket Vorarlberg to travel free of charge twice a year to the institutions taking part in the project. Find out more here.

INFO & REGISTRATION
crossculture@bregenzerfestspiele.com
T +43 5574 407–6

In the first week of the school holidays, children explore the rich and varied world of music theatre. They collectively create their own show in workshops devoted to stage and costume design, choreography and singing, and at the end of the week they present their work before an audience.

13 – 17 July 2020
Weidach School 

PERFORMANCE
19 July 2020 - 2 p.m.
Werkstattbühne

DURATION daily 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
AGE 6 – 11 years of age
PRICE EUR 75, EUR 110 with lunch

INFO & REGISTRATION
crossculture@bregenzerfestspiele.com
T +43 5574 407–6

Passionate about music, team-spirited and proactive? Then crossculture week is for you. The programme includes developing your abilities and making music in a band. Teenagers practise performing well-known songs plus songs of their own with professional musicians, and then show what they can do during the public jam session and at the gig on crossculture night.

13 - 17 July 2020
Theater KOSMOS

18 July 2020 performance as part of crossculture night

DURATION daily 10.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.
AGE 14 – 20 years of age
PRICE EUR 70

INFO & REGISTRATION
crossculture@bregenzerfestspiele.com
T +43 5574 407–6

A day full of events and insights centring on the opera Rigoletto. Workshops, tours and a number of other activities will give young people the chance to sample a variety of areas and to become part of the exciting world of opera themselves. Vorarlberg Museum and Kunsthaus Bregenz will also be opening their doors to youngsters curious about art and culture. A highlight of crossculture night is attending a performance of the opera on the lake, Rigoletto.

18 July 2020
Seebühne | Festspielhaus

Full details of the programme will be announced on this page in May 2020.

AGE 14 – 26 years of age (school pupils and students)
PRICE EUR 12
GROUPS for every 8 young people, a ticket for an accompanying adult can be booked (PRICE EUR 12)

INFO & REGISTRATION
crossculture@bregenzerfestspiele.com
T +43 5574 407–6

There's much to discover and explore in crossculture. Get in touch if you're interested in going deeper into aspects of the world of opera, or if you have ideas of your own for a crossculture project.

INFO & REGISTRATION
crossculture@bregenzerfestspiele.com
T +43 5574 407–6