Project to Reconstruct Teatro San Cassiano Heads to NYC & Washington DC

A project to reconstruct the Teatro San Cassiano — the world’s first public opera house, inaugurated in Venice in 1637 and demolished in 1812 under Napoleon’s orders — will make its American debut this March. The events, which will take place at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York on March 16 and Washington DC on March 18, will feature {…}

Q & A: Andrea Marcon On Baroque Opera & The Rebuilding Of Venice’s Teatro San Cassiano

With the proposal to reconstruct the world’s first public opera house, Venice’s Teatro San Cassiano, developing apace, OperaWire took the opportunity to meet up with its artistic director, Andrea Marcon, to discuss his aims, justifications, expectations, and hopes for the project. Marcon is one of the world’s leading exponents of baroque repertoire and has conducted performances across the globe, from {…}