The Teatro La Fenice’s management has denied the theater’s workers’ representatives an opportunity to read a brief statement before the inauguration of the 2025-26 season on Nov. 20. The La Fenice Theatre Union informed the public and the press in a statement and called the action “another sign of an increasingly closed, authoritarian management structure impervious to dialogue.” The union {…}

The RSU of the Teatro La Fenice di Venezia has announced a protest on Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. that will start at the Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia and end at the Campo San Fantin, next to the Teatro La Fenice. The protest titled “Un passo dopo l’altro, la nostra voce,” was created to reaffirm the values ​​of dialogue, {…}

The Teatro La Fenice was protested following a concert on Oct. 31, as audience members threw leaflets throughout the theater. The protest was due to the lack of transparency in the selection of the company’s new Music Director. This is the second time this has happened at the theater since the selection of Beatrice Venezi as the Music Director. The {…}

The Teatro La Fenice has canceled its opening night performance of Berg’s “Wozzeck” on Oct. 17 due to a strike caused by the election of Beatrice Venezi as the company’s new music director. The workers‘ unions of Teatro La Fenice announced the strike and stated it was in protest of Venezi’s new position. According to La Repubblica, the strike was {…}

The Teatro La Fenice has come under fire for hiring Beatrice Venezi as the new Music Director. Workers announced on Friday that they will go on a permanent strike against this week’s appointment due Venezi’s close relationship to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government. According to Ansa.it, the workers  declared “a permanent state of strike” and said they “reserve the right {…}