Beatrice Venezi is challenging the Teatro La Fenice’s decision to fire her as Music Director. The conductor’s lawyer sent on a letter on June 9 following the presentation of the company’s 2026-27 season that said, she “intends to continue to make her energies and professional artistic services available to the Foundation and to carry out all professional, organizational, and production activities preliminary {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced its 2026-27 season. Opera The season opens with Giorano’s “Fedora” in a production by Hugo de Ana. The opera will be conducted by Donato Renzetti and will star Maria Agresta, Vincenzo Costanzo, Ekaterina Bakanova, and Simone Piazzola. Performance Dates: Nov. 13-22, 2026 Maria José Siri, Manuela Custer, Roberto De Candia, and Joseph Dahdah star {…}
Beatrice Venezi is speaking out after being fired from the Teatro La Fenice. The conductor spoke to Corriere della Serra and said that she was turned into “canon fodder” noting that she has suffered a lot of damage. She also noted that that she had not been defended from any government officials “because I don’t have a membership card and {…}
The Ministro della Cultura Alessandro Giuli has announced a replacement to Alessandro Totaro, who resigned from the board of the Teatro la Fenice. The Minister said that he had appointed the lawyer Antonio Forza, University professor, former head of supervisory bodies in private and public entities and expert in organizational and management models. The appointment was officially communicated to the {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has confirmed Beatrice Venezi as its new Music Director. Venezi will start her tenure in October 2026 for a four-year term. The news comes after months of protests against the conductor due to her closeness to Giorgia Meloni’s government and her lack of experience with the theater. It also comes after a meeting with the board {…}
Alessandro Totaro has resigned from the board of the Teatro La Fenice following the confirmation of Beatrice Venezi as Music Director. Tortaro, who is also a conductor and professor at the Conservatorio di Venezia, took to social media to right a statement that said that “It is equally illegitimate, or at least not correct, for Colabianchi to announce that the {…}
Domenico Muti, an art administrator and the son of conductor Riccardo Muti, has announce the termination of his three-year contract as advisor to the Teatro La Fenice. In a letter to director of the Teatro La Fenice, Nicola Colabianchi, Muti said, “Unfortunately, the climate that has been created does not allow me to continue my work with the necessary composure. {…}
The Teatro La Fenice has announced that the 2026-27 New Year’s Eve concert will be conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. Noseda will conduct the famed concert which will be held on Dec. 29, 30, 31, 2026 and Jan. 1, 2027 and will be broadcast live on Rai. Noseda is a well-known conductor who has performed at the many of the world’s {…}
(Credit: Michele Crosera) Genova, Italy’s sixth largest city, where the story of “Simon Boccanegra” unfolds, is rarely featured in opera. Despite its glorious history and stunning monuments, it barely registers with tourists visiting Italy. Many know it as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus (1451‑1506) and as the origin city for the culinary magic of garlic, pine nuts, basil leaves and {…}
The Teatro La Fenice’s New Year’s Eve concert is set to be presented on Rai 1 on Dec. 31, 2025. The concert will feature Michele Mariotti conducting with soloists soprano Rosa Feola and tenor Jonathan Tetelman. The concert will feature selections from Verdi’s “Nabucco,” Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Rossini’s “Semiramide,” Bellini’s “Norma,” Puccini’s “Le Villi,” Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale,” Verdi’s “I Vespri {…}
(Credit: Michele Crosera) The Teatro La Fenice is set to open its 2025-26 season with a production of Mozart’s “La Clemenza di Tito” on Nov. 20, 2025. The new production will be directed by Paul Curran and conducted by Ivor Bolton. The all-star cast will be led by Daniel Behle, who sings the role of Tito Vespasiano. He will be {…}