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Audience Members Protest Teatro La Fenice’s New Music Director

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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 {…}

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Teatro La Fenice Announces Cancelation of ‘Wozzeck’ Opening Due to Strike Protesting New Music Director

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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 {…}

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140 Subscribers Sign Letter In Protest to Beatrice Venezi’s Appointment at the Teatro La Fenice

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Following protests from orchestra members of the Teatro La Fenice and numerous companies in Italy showing solidarity to the company for the election of Beatrice Venezi as the next Music Director of the Venice opera house, 140 subscribers have signed a letter in solidarity for the orchestra against Venezi’s appointment. In the letter, the subscribers said, “We write as season {…}

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Teatro La Fenice Workers Announce Permanent Strike Against New Appointment of Music Director

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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 {…}

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Major Italian Opera Houses Show Support for Teatro La Fenice Workers

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UPDATE: The Teatro San Carlo, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Arena di Verona, Teatro Carlo Felice, Teatro Massimo Palermo, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,  Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino have also announced their support for the workers of the Teatro La Fenice. The Teatro alla Scala and Teatro Regio di Torino are supporting the workers at the {…}

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Teatro La Fenice Announces New Music Director

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The Fondazione Teatro La Fenice has announced that Maestra Beatrice Venezi will be the new Music Director. According to the press release, the decision was made after “fruitful discussions” and was unanimously approved by the Foundation’s President, Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro, and all the board members. Venezi will officially take up her new post in October 2026, with a {…}

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Teatro La Fenice to Stream ‘Anna Bolena’ with Lidia Fridman & Carmela Remigio

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(Credit: Michele Corsera) The Teatro La Fenice is set to stream its production of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.” The company announced it would stream the work on YouTube on August 1 in a production by Pier Luigi Pizzi. Renato Balsadonna conducts the work, which stars Alex Esposito, Lidia Fridman in her role debut, Carmela Remigio, William Corrò, Enea Scala, and Manuela {…}

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Rai3 to Present Teatro La Fenice’s ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ from Piazza San Marco

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Rai3 is set to broadcast Teatro La Fenice’s “Cavalleria Rusticana” from Piazza San Marco on July 16, 2025. The production, which will be semistaged in concert form, will be conducted by Rico Saccani and will feature  Oksana Dyka as Santuzza, Mikheil Sheshaberidze as Turiddu, Franco Vassallo as Alfio, and Valeria Girardello as Lola. Annunziata Vestri rounds out the cast as Lucia. {…}