The Teatro la Fenice has announced programming for August, September, and October following the COVID-19 regulations. The new program will open on August 22 and run through October. On August 22, the theater will open with Tito Ceccherini leading the Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice performing Mozart’s Symphony No. 20and Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella.” The concert will also include music by Pergolesi {…}
The Teatro la Fenice is set to present two recitals with some of the world’s greatest male voices in opera. On July 22, Alex Esposito will perform a program with arias from Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” and “Le Nozze di Figaro,” Verdi’s “Macbeth,” “Simon Boccanegra,” and “Don Carlo,” Gounod’s “Faust,” Berlioz’s “La Damnation de Faust,” Boito’s Mefistofele,” and Offenbach’s “Les Contes {…}
The Teatro la Fenice has announced an education program with the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia entitled “Fenice Opera House is on the Air.” The new initiative will be sponsored by the Banca Generali and will be created in a non-traditional space. It will be a multimedia project that will work with artists to teach students and audiences about {…}
(Photo: Michele Crosera) Four months after La Fenice closed its doors, opera has once again returned to its stage, albeit not necessarily in a form that one normally associates with a traditional opera house. The regulations aimed at containing the spread of COVID 19 mean that Italian theatres, cinemas, and other public performance spaces must comply with stringent restrictions, which {…}
Opera will return to the Teatro la Fenice on July 10 with a new production of Vivaldi’s “Ottone in Villa.” The new production will be conducted by Diego Fasolis and star Giulia Semenzato, Sonia Prina, Lucia Cirillo, Valentino Buzza, and Michela Antenucci. Giovanni Di Cicco will direct the production with set designs by Massimo Checchetto, costumes by Carlos Tieppo, and {…}
The Teatro la Fenice has announced that it will reopen to the public in July. The theater will open with chamber concerts, symphonic concerts, and an opera production, all following health regulations implemented by the government. The first concert will be held on July 5 at 7 p.m. with the brass players of the Orchestra and choral artists from La {…}
On June 15, the Teatro la Fenice will celebrate legendary director Pier Luigi Pizzi’s 90th birthday. The company will stream a live interview with the director on Facebook at 11 a.m. and will later share it on YouTube and Instagram. The interview will be conducted by Fortunato Ortombina in the Sala grande di Campo San Fantin. Ortombina will go through {…}
The Teatro la Fenice has announced four concerts for the month of June featuring the company’s orchestra and chorus. The company will present concerts live on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram with no audience. The theater will then reopen to the public in July. The first concert scheduled for June 18 will feature music by Antonio Vivaldi and Tomaso Albinoni. The {…}
On May 12 Founder of the festival Autunno Musicale a Como and former Artistic Director of the Teatro la Fenice, Italo Gómez, died at the age of 87 in Crotone, Italy. Born in Medellín, Colombia in 1933, he went to Italy in the 1960s and went on to graduate from the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini di Firenze as a cellist and {…}
The Teatro la Fenice has announced it is reopening on June 2. The theater announced that on the day of the Festa della Repubblica, La Fenice will reopen for a visitors tour. The reopening is made possible with the support of the ENI. The theater will open at 10 a.m until 5 p.m. All visitors must make a reservation via {…}
The Teatro la Fenice has announced new streams for May 15 and May 22, 2020. The company will first stream Verdi’s “Aida” conducted by Riccardo Frizza. The performance from May 2019 stars Roberta Mantegna in the title role, Roberto Frontali, Francesco Meli, and Irene Roberts. Meanwhile, the May 22 stream will be Puccini’s “Tosca” conducted by Daniele Rustioni. The cast {…}