Learn Italian & Arts & Literature in Modena

This course consists of 10 Italian group lessons + 10 individual or small group lessons + dramatisation per week. It also includes 3 activities per week: Italian theatre workshop, phonetics and pronunciation workshop, Italian gestures workshop, contemporary Italian theatre, visit to ‘Luciano Pavarotti’, visit to ‘Farnese’, etc.Modena, as Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni’s native town and adoptive country of Nicolaj Ghiaurov and Rajna Kabaivanska, represents a worldwide reference point for high level education and training for a lyrical artistic career. The ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND OPERA COURSE includes, per week: – 10 hours of Italian language group course (55 minute lessons) – 10 hours of individual/small group course (60 minute lessons) opera themed: lyrical language, librettos analysis. – 1 workshop on opera or Italian songs (duration 1,5 hours) – 2 themed trips: ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ Theatre, Luciano Pavarotti’s House Museum and Tomb, Parma and Toscanini’s hometown, visit to ‘Rossini’ Chorus location… The ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND VISUAL ARTS includes, per week: – 10 hours of Italian language group course (55 minute lessons) – 10 hours of individual course (60 minute lessons) themed on art and art history: romanic period, gothic period, Renaissance, baroque and contemporary periods – 3 excursions / workshops: visit to the cathedral of Modena, visit to baroque monuments in Modena, visit to Palazzo dei Musei, visit to the Castle of Vignola, visit to the Ducal Palace of Sassuolo; workshops on the casting technique, on the marble and peacock-patterned paper, on the renaissance drawing style, on the engraving technique. The ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND THEATRE COURSE includes, per week: – 10 hours of Italian language group course (55 minute lessons) – 10 hours of individual/small group course (60 minute lessons) focused on dramatisation (language through theater workshops) – 3 activities: Italian theatre workshop, phonetics and pronunciation workshop, Italian gestures workshop, contemporary Italian theatre, visit to ‘Luciano Pavarotti’ Theatre of Modena, visit to ‘Farnese’ Theatre of Parma…