Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
ENTERTAINMENT
CLASSICAL MUSIC
INTERPRETI VENEZIANI
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 277 05 61;
www.interpretiveneziani.com
; Chiesa San Vidal, Campo di San Vidal 2862; adult/reduced €25/20;
doors open 8.30pm; Accademia)
Everything you've heard of Vivaldi from weddings and
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 intrigue -
you'll never listen to
The Four Seasons
again without hearing summer storms erupting
over the lagoon, or snow-muffled footsteps hurrying over footbridges in winter's-night in-
trigues.
MUSICA A PALAZZO
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OPERA
GOOGLE MAP
( 340 971 72 72;
www.musicapalazzo.com
;
Palazzo Barbarigo-Minotto, Fondamenta Barbarigo o Duodo 2504; tick-
ets incl beverage €60; doors open 8pm; Santa Maria del Giglio)
Hang onto your
prosecco
and brace
for impact: in palace salons, the soprano's high notes imperil glassware, and thundering
baritones reverberate through inlaid floors. During 1½ hours of selected arias from Verdi or
Rossini, the drama progresses from receiving-room overtures to parlour duets overlooking
the Grand Canal, followed by second acts in the Tiepolo-ceilinged dining room and bed-
room grand finales.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
WAGNER SAYS 'SHHHH!'
By the 19th century, Venice's great families were largely ruined and could not afford to heat their enormous
palazzi
(palaces). La Fenice served as a members-only club where Venetian society would spend much of the day
gambling, gossiping and providing running commentary during performances. When he first performed at La
Fenice, German composer Richard Wagner miffed the notoriously chatty Venetian opera crowd by insisting on total
silence during performances.
TEATRO GOLDONI
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THEATRE
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 240 20 14;
www.teatrostabileveneto.it
; Calle Teatro Goldoni 4650b; tickets €8-29; box office 10am-1pm &
3-7.30pm Mon-Fri; Rialto)
Named after the city's great playwright, Venice's main theatre has
an impressive dramatic range that runs from Goldoni's comedy to Shakespearean tragedy