Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi; 041 529 71 11;
www.casinovenezia.it
;
Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi 2040;
admission €5, with €10 gaming-token purchase free;
11am-2.30am Sun-Thu, to 3am Fri & Sat;
San
Marcuola)
Fortunes have been won and lost since the 16th century inside this palatial
casino. Slots open at 11am; to take on gaming tables, arrive after 3.30pm wearing your
jacket and poker face. Ask your hotel concierge for free-admission coupons, and take the
casino's free water-taxi ride from Piazzale Roma - bargains, unless you count your losses.
You must be at least 18 to enter the casino.
Opera & Classical Music
Teatro La Fenice
( 041 78 65 11;
www.teatrolafenice.it
;
Campo San Fantin 1965; theatre visits adult/reduced €8.50/6, op-
era tickets from €40; tours 9.30am-6pm; Santa Maria dei Giglio)
Tours are possible with ad-
vance booking ( 041 24 24), but the best way to see La Fenice is with the
loggione
-
opera buffs who pass judgment from the top-tier cheap seats. When the opera is in recess,
look for symphonies and chamber-music concerts.
OPERA
Palazetto Bru Zane
CLASSICAL MUSIC
(Centre du Musique Romantique Française; 041 521 10 05;
www.bru-zane.com
; Palazetto Bru Zane
2368, San Polo; adult/reduced €25/15; box office 2.30-5.30pm Mon-Fri; San Tomà)
Pleasure
palaces don't get more romantic than Palazetto Bru Zane on concert nights, when exquis-
ite harmonies tickle Sebastiano Ricci angels tumbling across stucco-frosted ceilings.
Multiyear restorations returned the 1695-97 Casino Zane's 100-seat music room to its ori-
ginal function, attracting world-class musicians to enjoy its acoustics.
Interpreti Veneziani
CLASSICAL MUSIC
( 041 277 05 61;
www.interpretiveneziani.com
; Chiesa San Vidal, Campo di San Vidal 2862; adult/re-
duced €25/20; doors open 8.30pm; Accademia)
All the Vivaldi you've heard at weddings
and on mobile ring tones is proved fantastically wrong by Interpreti Veneziani, which
plays Vivaldi on 18th-century instruments as a soundtrack for living in this city of in-
trigue.
Concerts at La Pietà
LIVE MUSIC
